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Studying institutions in the context of natural selection: limits or opportunities?

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  • BOYER, PASCAL
  • PETERSEN, MICHAEL BANG

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In this comment, we respond to comments raised by Eastwood (2012) in response to our article on the role of evolutionary psychology in understanding institutions (Boyer and Petersen, 2012). We discuss how evolutionary psychological models account for cultural variation and change in institutions, how sociological institutionalism and evolutionary models can inform each other, how evolutionary psychological models illuminate the role of power in institutional design and the possibility of a ‘general theory’ of institutions.

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  • Boyer, Pascal & Petersen, Michael Bang, 2013. "Studying institutions in the context of natural selection: limits or opportunities?," Journal of Institutional Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 9(2), pages 187-198, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jinsec:v:9:y:2013:i:02:p:187-198_00
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    1. Nadia von Jacobi & Vito Amendolagine, 2021. "What Feeds on What? Networks of Interdependencies between Culture and Institutions," DEM Working Papers 2021/13, Department of Economics and Management.
    2. Nadia Jacobi & Vito Amendolagine, 2023. "What feeds on what? Networks of interdependencies between culture and institutions," Economia Politica: Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics, Springer;Fondazione Edison, vol. 40(2), pages 371-412, July.
    3. Nadia von Jacobi & Vito Amendolagine, 2022. "What Feeds on What? Networks of Interdependencies between Culture and Institutions," Working Papers 11, SITES.

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