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1、JEvolEconDOI10.1007/s00191-010-0203-3REGULARARTICLEEvolutionarygametheoryandevolutionaryeconomics:aretheydifferentspecies?GeoffreyM.Hodgson·KainanHuang©Springer-Verlag2010AbstractEvolutionarygametheoryandevolutionaryeconomicsseemtoinhabitdifferentacademicspheresandhavelittlec
2、ollaborationwithoneanother.Neithersidecitesmuchresearchbytheother.Doesthisdefactoaca-demicseparationimpedefruitfulpossibilitiesformutualinspirationandjointdevelopment?Thispaperaddressesthisquestionbyconsidering(1)thedif-ferentoriginsandresearchorientationsofthetwogenres,(2)to
3、whatextentevolutionaryeconomistscouldmakeuseofevolutionarygametheory,and(3)whatevolutionarygametheoristsmightlearnfromother,lessformal,modesoftheorising.Thepaperconcludesthatwhilesignificantpossibilitiesforcollaborationexist,theforemosttestiswhethertheycanhelpenhanceourunders
4、tandingofstructuresandcausalprocessesintherealworld.KeywordsEvolutionaryeconomics·Evolutionarygametheory·Techniqueversussubstance·CausalexplanationJELClassificationB41·B52·C73G.M.Hodgson(B)BusinessSchoolDepartment,UniversityofHertfordshire,Hatfield,HertfordshireAL109AB,UKe-ma
5、il:g.m.hodgson@herts.ac.ukK.HuangCenterforEconomicResearch,ShandongUniversity,ShandaNanlu27,Jinan,250100,People’sRepublicofChinae-mail:kennen@126.comG.M.Hodgson,K.Huang1IntroductionOneoftheauthorsofthispaperoncemadeagrantapplicationforanempiri-calresearchprojectthatwoulduseid
6、easfromevolutionaryeconomicstounderstandanaspectofbusinessbehaviour.1Theterm‘evolutionaryeco-nomics’wasprominentintheapplicationandithadverygoodsupportingreferencesfromtwoleadersinthefield.Buttheresearchinstitutionappointedoneadditionalrefereewhodeclaredinaveryshortreportthat
7、theapplicationwassubstandardbecauseitlackedanyevolutionarygametheory.Nodoubtthisrefereewasamainstreameconomist,whoconsideredexclusivelywhat‘evolution’signifiedforthosecurrentlyengagedincutting-edgemainstreamresearch.Withfiercecompetitionforscarceresearchfunds,thisonebriefandn
8、egativeappraisalwasenoughtoscuppertheentiregrantapplication.Thisanec
