Details about Wolfram Elsner

Homepage:	https://www.uni-bremen.de/ierp/
Phone:	+4942121866560
Postal address:	Prof. Dr. Wolfram Elsner Faculty of Business Studies and Economics WiWi 2 Max-von-Laue-Str. 1 D-28359 Bremen Germany
Workplace:	Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften (Economics and Management Area), Universität Bremen (University of Bremen), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2021

1. How economics can help mitigate climate change - a critical review and conceptual analysis of economic paradigms
   Bremen Papers on Economics & Innovation, University of Bremen, Faculty of Business Studies and Economics

2020

2. The Review of Evolutionary Political Economy inaugural issue, part 2
   Post-Print, HAL
   See also Journal Article The Review of Evolutionary Political Economy inaugural issue, part 2, Review of Evolutionary Political Economy, Springer (2020) (2020)
3. The collapse of cooperation: The endogeneity of institutional break-up and its asymmetry with emergence
   Bremen Papers on Economics & Innovation, University of Bremen, Faculty of Business Studies and Economics
   See also Journal Article The collapse of cooperation: the endogeneity of institutional break-up and its asymmetry with emergence, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Springer (2021) View citations (3) (2021)
4. Towards an evolutionary political economy. Editorial to the inaugural issue of the Review of Evolutionary Political Economy REPE
   Post-Print, HAL View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Towards an evolutionary political economy. Editorial to the inaugural issue of the Review of Evolutionary Political Economy REPE, Review of Evolutionary Political Economy, Springer (2020) View citations (3) (2020)

2017

5. Policy and State in Complexity Economics
   EconStor Preprints, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics
   See also Chapter Policy and state in complexity economics, Chapters, Edward Elgar Publishing (2019) (2019)
6. To trust or to control: Informal value transfer systems and computational analysis in institutional economics
   ICAE Working Papers, Johannes Kepler University, Institute for Comprehensive Analysis of the Economy
   See also Journal Article To Trust or to Control: Informal Value Transfer Systems and Computational Analysis in Institutional Economics, Journal of Economic Issues, Taylor & Francis Journals (2018) (2018)
7. Trust and Social Control. Sources of cooperation, performance, and stability in informal value transfer systems
   ICAE Working Papers, Johannes Kepler University, Institute for Comprehensive Analysis of the Economy
   See also Journal Article Trust and Social Control: Sources of Cooperation, Performance, and Stability in Informal Value Transfer Systems, Computational Economics, Springer (2021) (2021)

2016

8. The Dichotomy, Inconsistency, and Peculiar Outmodedness of the „Mainstream“ Textbook. The Example of Institutions
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
9. Why economics textbooks must, and how they can, be changed into a real-world and pluralist economics. The example of a fundamentally new complexity-economics micro-textbook
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany

2015

10. Declining trust in growing China: A dilemma between growth and socio-economic damage
    Working Papers on East Asian Studies, University of Duisburg-Essen, Institute of East Asian Studies IN-EAST
11. Policy Implications of Economic Complexity and Complexity Economics
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (3)
12. The (dis-)embedded firm: Complex structure and dynamics in inter-firm relations. Adding institutionalization as a Veblenian dimension to the Coase-Williamson approach – An emerging triangular organizational space
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany

2012

13. Trust and Arena Size. Expectations, Trust, and Institutions Co-Evolving, and Their Critical Population and Group Sizes
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany

2011

14. The Theory of Institutional Change Revisited: The Institutional Dichotomy, Its Dynamic, and Policy Implications in a More Formal Analysis
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany

2009

15. Simplistic vs. Complex Organization: Markets, Hierarchies, and Networks in an 'Organizational Triangle'
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (2)

Journal Articles

2024

1. The “Triumph of Imbecile Institutions Over Life”: Death Cults as an Enabling Myth of Late Neoliberalism
   Journal of Economic Issues, 2024, 58, (3), 709-731

2023

2. Complex thinking in the history of economic thought: aspects of economic complexity from ancient times to modernity, with the case of evolutionary-institutional economics and with policy implications
   International Journal of Public Policy, 2023, 17, (1/2), 31-59 View citations (1)
3. Editorial
   Review of Evolutionary Political Economy, 2023, 4, (2), 195-198

2022

4. Editorial of REPE issue 2–2022
   Review of Evolutionary Political Economy, 2022, 3, (2), 257-258

2021

5. Collapse. Institutional Decline and Breakdown, Its Endogeneity and Its Asymmetry Vis-á-Vis Emergence: A Theoretical Frame
   Journal of Economic Issues, 2021, 55, (1), 79-102
6. Editorial
   Review of Evolutionary Political Economy, 2021, 2, (2), 251-252
7. Globalisation, de-globalisation, re-globalisation. On old globalisation, de-globalisation pre- and under Corona, and the restructuring of VACs 'post-Corona'
   International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education, 2021, 12, (1), 14-27
8. Growth and Development of China: A Developmental State ‘With Chinese Characteristics’
   Forum for Social Economics, 2021, 50, (3), 257-275
9. Shrinking Trust in Growing China: A Trade-Off Between Fast Growth, Change and Institutionalized Cooperation?
   Forum for Social Economics, 2021, 50, (3), 297-315
10. The collapse of cooperation: the endogeneity of institutional break-up and its asymmetry with emergence
    Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2021, 31, (4), 1291-1315 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper The collapse of cooperation: The endogeneity of institutional break-up and its asymmetry with emergence, Bremen Papers on Economics & Innovation (2020) (2020)
11. Trust and Social Control: Sources of Cooperation, Performance, and Stability in Informal Value Transfer Systems
    Computational Economics, 2021, 58, (4), 1077-1102
    See also Working Paper Trust and Social Control. Sources of cooperation, performance, and stability in informal value transfer systems, ICAE Working Papers (2017) (2017)

2020

12. Collaborative innovation and policy support: the emergence of trilateral networks
    Applied Economics, 2020, 52, (34), 3651-3668 View citations (4)
13. Editorial REPE Vol. I 2020, Issue 3
    Review of Evolutionary Political Economy, 2020, 1, (3), 271-272
14. Social leverage, a core mechanism of cooperation. Locality, assortment, and network evolution
    Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2020, 30, (3), 867-889
15. The Review of Evolutionary Political Economy inaugural issue, part 2
    Review of Evolutionary Political Economy, 2020, 1, (2), 145-148
    See also Working Paper The Review of Evolutionary Political Economy inaugural issue, part 2, Post-Print (2020) (2020)
16. Towards an evolutionary political economy. Editorial to the inaugural issue of the Review of Evolutionary Political Economy REPE
    Review of Evolutionary Political Economy, 2020, 1, (1), 1-12 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper Towards an evolutionary political economy. Editorial to the inaugural issue of the Review of Evolutionary Political Economy REPE, Post-Print (2020) View citations (2) (2020)

2018

17. Managing Editor’s Editorial
    Forum for Social Economics, 2018, 47, (3-4), 277-277
18. To Trust or to Control: Informal Value Transfer Systems and Computational Analysis in Institutional Economics
    Journal of Economic Issues, 2018, 52, (2), 559-569
    See also Working Paper To trust or to control: Informal value transfer systems and computational analysis in institutional economics, ICAE Working Papers (2017) (2017)

2017

19. A social-leverage mechanism on the Silk Road: the private emergence of institutions in central Asia, from the 7th to the 9th century
    Journal of Institutional Economics, 2017, 13, (2), 379-400 View citations (3)
20. Complexity Economics as Heterodoxy: Theory and Policy
    Journal of Economic Issues, 2017, 51, (4), 939-978 View citations (14)
21. Social Economics and Evolutionary Institutionalism Today
    Forum for Social Economics, 2017, 46, (1), 52-77 View citations (3)
22. Welcome to the - of the, 3-2017
    Forum for Social Economics, 2017, 46, (3), 221-222

2016

23. The (dis-)embedded firm. Complex structure and dynamics in inter-firm relations: adding institutionalisation as a Veblenian dimension to the Coase-Williamson approach
    International Journal of Economics and Business Research, 2016, 11, (4), 317-335
24. Welcome to the History of Thought Issue of the Forum, 1-2016
    Forum for Social Economics, 2016, 45, (1), 1-2

2015

25. From Emergent Cooperation to Contextual Trust, and to General Trust: Overlapping Meso-Sized Interaction Arenas and Cooperation Platforms as a Foundation of Pro-Social Behavior
    Forum for Social Economics, 2015, 44, (1), 69-86 View citations (6)
26. The Well-being, Happiness, and Trust Issue of the Forum for Social Economics
    Forum for Social Economics, 2015, 44, (1), 1-2

2014

27. Fairness, Transparency, and Conflict-of-Interest Policies
    Forum for Social Economics, 2014, 43, (1), 3-6
28. Forum for Social Economics The "Contemporary Phase of Capitalism" Issue #3-2014
    Forum for Social Economics, 2014, 43, (3), 197-198
29. Special Issue: Aspects of Game Theory and Institutional Economics
    Games, 2014, 5, (3), 1-3
30. Trust and arena size: expectations, institutions, and general trust, and critical population and group sizes
    Journal of Institutional Economics, 2014, 10, (1), 107-134 View citations (19)
31. Welcome to the Gender, Elderly, and Needs Issue of the Forum for Social Economics #2-2014
    Forum for Social Economics, 2014, 43, (2), 101-103

2013

32. Financial capitalism trapped in an 'impossible' profit rate. The infeasibility of a 'usual' profit rate, considering fictitious capital, and its redistributive, ecological, and political implications
    International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education, 2013, 4, (3), 243-262 View citations (1)
33. Forum Best-Paper Award
    Forum for Social Economics, 2013, 42, (2-3), 140-140
34. State and future of the ‘citadel’ and of the heterodoxies in economics: challenges and dangers, convergences and cooperation
    European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies: Intervention, 2013, 10, (3), 286—298 View citations (11)
35. The Development, Equity, Diversity, and Justice Issue
    Forum for Social Economics, 2013, 42, (2-3), 137-139
36. The Methodology and Economics Reform Issue, plus a Symposium on "Smith (Vernon) on Smith (Adam)"
    Forum for Social Economics, 2013, 42, (4), 281-282

2012

37. Economic Development, State, Policy, and Social Well-Being -- Welcoming the Forum' s Double Issue 2--3/2012
    Forum for Social Economics, 2012, 41, (2-3), 129-130
38. The Theory of Institutional Change Revisited: The Institutional Dichotomy, Its Dynamic, and Its Policy Implications in a More Formal Analysis
    Journal of Economic Issues, 2012, 46, (1), 1-44 View citations (29)

2011

39. Evolutionary Institutionalism. Sources, history and contemporary relevance of The Association for Evolutionary Economics - AFEE
    European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies: Intervention, 2011, 8, (1), 29-41 View citations (2)

2010

40. Assessing economic research and the future of heterodox economics. Failures and alternatives of journals, departments, and scholars rankings
    European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies: Intervention, 2010, 7, (1), 31-41 View citations (2)
41. Editors' Introduction
    American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 2010, 69, (5), 1333-1344 View citations (5)
42. Regional service clusters and networks. Two approaches to empirical identification and development: the case of logistics in the German port city-states Hamburg and Bremen
    International Review of Applied Economics, 2010, 24, (1), 1-33 View citations (3)
43. Simplistic vs. Complex Organization: Markets, Hierarchies, and Networks in an Organizational Triangle — A Simple Heuristic to Analyze Real-World Organizational Forms —
    Journal of Economic Issues, 2010, 44, (1), 1-30 View citations (4)
44. The process and a simple logic of ‘meso’. Emergence and the co-evolution of institutions and group size
    Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2010, 20, (3), 445-477 View citations (21)

2009

45. A simple theory of 'meso'. On the co-evolution of institutions and platform size--With an application to varieties of capitalism and 'medium-sized' countries
    Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2009, 38, (5), 843-858 View citations (11)

2007

46. European Contributions to Evolutionary Institutional Economics: The Cases of ‘Cumulative Circular Causation’ (CCC) and ‘Open Systems Approach’ (OSA). Some Methodological and Policy Implications
    Journal of Economic Issues, 2007, 41, (2), 529-537 View citations (9)
47. Geoffrey M. Hodgson: Economics in the Shadows of Darwin and Marx. Essays on Institutional and Evolutionary Themes
    Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2007, 17, (3), 365-369
48. Why Meso? On “Aggregation” and “Emergence”, and Why and How the Meso Level is Essential in Social Economics
    Forum for Social Economics, 2007, 36, (1), 1-16 View citations (16)
    Also in Forum for Social Economics, 2007, 36, (1), 1-16 (2007) View citations (14)

2005

49. Real-World Economics Today:The New Complexity, Co-ordination and Policy
    Review of Social Economy, 2005, 63, (1), 19-53 View citations (7)
50. Regional Industries and Environmental Impacts. Long-run Regional Economic Effects of Climate Change: The Case of the Coastal and Estuary Zone of the German Northwest
    Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 2005, 48, (5), 665-690

2004

51. How to Reduce Unemployment in Europe
    Journal of Economic Issues, 2004, 38, (4), 1114-1118
52. Regional Job-Turnover and Industrial Policy. A Note on a Potential Time Pattern of Regional Industrial Policies and their Job Effects — the Case of the German City-State of Bremen
    Local Economy, 2004, 19, (3), 249-263
53. The “new” economy: complexity, coordination and a hybrid governance approach
    International Journal of Social Economics, 2004, 31, (11/12), 1029-1049 View citations (1)

2001

54. An Interactive Economic Policy Approach to Manage Structural Change: The case of industry conversion in the German state of Bremen
    International Review of Applied Economics, 2001, 15, (4), 411-428 View citations (1)

2000

55. Conversion Planning in Two Military Shipbuilding Regions: Hampton Roads, Virginia, and Bremen, Germany
    International Regional Science Review, 2000, 23, (1), 48-65 View citations (1)

1995

56. Instruments and Institutions of Industrial Policy at the Regional Level in Germany: The Example of Industrial Defense Conversion
    Journal of Economic Issues, 1995, 29, (2), 503-516 View citations (2)

1993

57. Industrial Defense Conversion: Guiding the Market at the Regional Level-The Case of the State of Bremen, Germany
    Journal of Economic Issues, 1993, 27, (4), 1254-1262 View citations (2)

1989

58. Adam Smith’s Model of the Origins and Emergence of Institutions: The Modern Findings of the Classical Approach
    Journal of Economic Issues, 1989, 23, (1), 189-213 View citations (8)
59. Barriers to European Growth. A Transatlantic View
    Journal of Economic Issues, 1989, 23, (3), 912-916

1983

60. On constructing and implementing an extended goal variable for economic policy
    Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 1983, 13, (2), 131-170

1982

61. Ein Index der Qualität des Arbeitslebens für die siebziger Jahre: Indexbildung und multidimensionale Analyse von Arbeitsmarkt- und Beschäftigungsbedingungen auf der Basis von Sozialindikatoren
    Mitteilungen aus der Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, 1982, 15, (4), 464-479

Books

2014

1. The Microeconomics of Complex Economies
   Elsevier Monographs, Elsevier View citations (40)

2012

2. Microeconomics of Interactive Economies
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (9)

Edited books

2009

1. Institutional Analysis and Praxis
   Springer Books, Springer View citations (10)

2008

2. Advances in Evolutionary Institutional Economics
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (7)
3. Varieties of Capitalism and New Institutional Deals
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (14)

Chapters

2024

1. Innovation and information: Smooth and ongoing change, or turbulence and cognitive over-stress? On the complex deep structure of innovation
   Chapter 14 in The Elgar Companion to Information Economics, 2024, pp 270-300

2019

2. Policy and state in complexity economics
   Chapter 1 in A Modern Guide to State Intervention, 2019, pp 13-48
   See also Working Paper Policy and State in Complexity Economics, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics (2017) (2017)

2009

3. The Social Fabric Matrix Approach to Policy Analysis: An Introduction
   Springer View citations (3)

Editor

1. Forum for Social Economics
   Taylor & Francis Journals
2. Review of Evolutionary Political Economy
   Springer