On the divergence of evolutionary research paths in the past 50 years: a comprehensive bibliometric account

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2009

Autores

Sandra Tavares Silva (Autor) FEP; Aurora A C Teixeira (Autor) FEP

Revista

Título: Journal of Evolutionary Economics

Vol. 19 Nº 5

Páginas: 605-642

ISSN: 0936-9937

Editora: Springer Nature

Indexação

ISI Web of Knowledge - 41 Citações

Scopus - 56 Citações

Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências sociais > Economia e gestão

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: P-003-FEP

DOI: 10.1007/s00191-008-0121-9

Abstract (EN): In the last two decades, there has been a noticeable increase in published research on evolutionary economics. The general perception is that formalization lags behind appreciative work. Notwithstanding, this general reading has yet to be supported by real data analysis. This work presents a survey on evolutionary economics, aimed at exploring the main research paths and contributions using bibliometric methods. The documentation is based on an extensive review of the abstracts from articles published in all economic journals over the past 50 years gathered from the Econlit database. Evolutionary contributions have apparently not converged to an integrated approach. Two rather extreme main research strands emerged: 'History of Economic Thought and Methodology' and 'Games'. Whereas formal approaches have a reasonable and increasing share of published papers, purely empirical-related works are relatively scarce, representing a meagre and stagnant percentage of published works. This highlights the need to redirect the evolutionary research agenda.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 38