Evolution and Economic Complexity

Edited by the late J. Stanley Metcalfe, formerly Emeritus Professor, University of Manchester, UK and John Foster, Professor of Economics and Head, School of Economics, University of Queensland, Australia

• Contents: Introduction PART I: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES 1. Evolutionary Foundations of Economics Kurt Dopfer and Jason Potts2. On the Methodology of Assessing Agent-Based Evolutionary Models in the Social Sciences Paul Ormerod and Bridget Rosewell3. What do Firms Learn? Capabilities, Distribution and the Division of Labour Paolo Ramazzotti4. Dynamic Capabilities, Tacit Knowledge and Absorption Peter HallPART II: MODELLING COMPLEXITY 5. The Complexity of Structure, Strategy and Decision Making Peter M. Allen6. Knowledges, Specialization and Economic Evolution: Modelling the Evolving Division of Human Time Esben Sloth AndersenPART III: EMPIRICAL PERSPECTIVES 7. Erring to be Right: The Paradox of Error in the Foundation of Probability in Economics Francisco Louçã8. Technological and Economic Mobility in Large German Manufacturing Firms Uwe Cantner and Jens J. Krüger9. A Conceptual Framework to Model Long-run Qualitative Change in the Energy System Andreas Pyka, Bernd Ebersberger and Horst HanuschIndex

'This book provides a useful introduction to evolutionary economics.'