TY - JOUR ID - iiasa4224 UR - http://docplayer.net/129052-Recent-evolutionary-theorizing-about-economic-change-by-richard-r-nelson-columbia-university.html IS - 1 A1 - Nelson, R.R. Y1 - 1995/// N2 - Economists long have employed evolutionary language and metaphors to characterize economic change, but until recently have largely eschewed the expression of explicit evolutionary theories. Over the last decade, however, a number of explicit evolutionary theories have been developed by economists, and other social scientists. This essay discusses the general analytic art form, and summarizes and discusses a number of the particular models. In the light of those examples, it evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of explicit evolutionary theorizing as an approach to understanding economic change. PB - American Economic Association JF - Journal of Economic Literature VL - 33 SN - 0022-0515 TI - Recent evolutionary theorizing about economic change SP - 48 AV - none EP - 90 ER -