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Working Papers

2008

1. The Bayesian Fallacy: Distinguishing Four Kinds of Beliefs
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany

2007

2. Charles Darwin meets Amoeba economicus: Why Natural Selection Cannot Explain Rationality
   Papers on Economics and Evolution, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Evolutionary Economics Group
3. Emotions and International Conflicts: Sociological, Evolutionary and Rational Views
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
4. The Mirror-Neuron Paradox: How Far is Sympathy from Compassion, Indulgence, and Adulation?
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany

2006

5. Entrepreneurship and Economic Theory
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
6. MORAL OUTRAGE
   Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics
7. The Roadblock of Culturalist Economics: Economic Change á la Douglass North
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
8. WEAKNESS OF WILL
   Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics

2004

9. Integrity, Shame and Self-Rationalization
   Vassar College Department of Economics Working Paper Series, Vassar College Department of Economics View citations

2001

10. Adam Smith and Three Theories of Altruism
    Discussion Papers (REL - Recherches Economiques de Louvain), Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Recherches économiques de Louvain (2001)

Journal Articles

2009

1. Brand death: A developmental model of senescence
   Journal of Business Research, 2009, 62, (3), 332-338
2. D.C. North, Understanding the Process of Economic Change, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ (2005) pp. xi, 187, $29.95/£18.95, ISBN 0-691-11805-1
   The Journal of Socio-Economics, 2009, 38, (2), 399-400
3. Natural selection and rational decision: two concepts of optimization
   Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2009, 19, (3), 417-435
4. Self-deceit and self-serving bias: Adam Smith on ?General Rules?
   Journal of Institutional Economics, 2009, 5, (02), 251-258

2007

5. Ibn Khald?n on Property Rights, The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History
   Journal of Institutional Economics, 2007, 3, (02), 227-238

2005

6. An anatomy of authority: Adam Smith as political theorist
   Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2005, 29, (1), 57-71

2004

7. Is a group better off with more altruists? Not necessarily
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2004, 53, (1), 89-92
8. The Gift Paradox: Complex Selves and Symbolic Good
   Review of Social Economy, 2004, 62, (3), 379-392 View citations
9. What is altruism?
   Journal of Economic Psychology, 2004, 25, (1), 97-123 View citations
10. What is altruism? A reply to critics
    Journal of Economic Psychology, 2004, 25, (1), 141-143

2003

11. A transactional view of entrepreneurship: a Deweyan approach
    Journal of Economic Methodology, 2003, 10, (2), 161-179
12. The context problematic, behavioral economics and the transactional view: an introduction to 'John Dewey and economic theory'
    Journal of Economic Methodology, 2003, 10, (2), 107-130 View citations

2002

13. Information, Knowledge and the Close of Friedrich Hayek's System: A Comment
    Eastern Economic Journal, 2002, 28, (3), 319-341 View citations
14. Is Adam Smith Liberal?
    Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 2002, 158, (4), 664-

2001

15. Adam Smith and Three Theories of Altruism
    Recherches économiques de Louvain, 2001, 67, (4), 421-435 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2001)

2000

16. Making Sense of Adam Smith's Invisible Hand: Beyond Pareto Optimality and Unintended Consequences
    Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2000, 22, (1), 49-63
17. Survival of the Most Foolish of Fools: The Limits of Evolutionary Selection Theory
    Journal of Bioeconomics, 2000, 2, (3), 203-220 View citations
18. orignal paper: Beyond natural selection and divine intervention: The Lamarckian implication of Adam Smith's invisible hand
    Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2000, 10, (4), 373-393

1999

19. Institutions, Naturalism and Evolution
    Review of Political Economy, 1999, 11, (1), 61-81
20. Sentimental fools: a critique of Amartya Sen's notion of commitment
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1999, 40, (4), 373-386 View citations
21. Two kinds of order: Thoughts on the theory of the firm
    The Journal of Socio-Economics, 1999, 28, (2), 157-173

1998

22. Accounting for tastes: By Gary Becker. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1996, pp. 258 (hardcover)
    The Journal of Socio-Economics, 1998, 27, (2), 293-298
23. Buridan's Ass, Rationality and Entrepreneurship: A Reply to Hargreaves Heap
    Kyklos, 1998, 51, (2), 285-88
24. Is Justice the Primary Feature of the State? Adam Smith's Critique of Social Contract Theory
    European Journal of Law and Economics, 1998, 6, (3), 215-230 View citations
25. The five careers of the biological metaphor in economic theory
    The Journal of Socio-Economics, 1998, 27, (1), 29-52 View citations

1997

26. Buridan's Ass, Risk, Uncertainty, and Self-Competition: A Theory of Entrepreneurship
    Kyklos, 1997, 50, (2), 147-63 View citations
27. Is the Firm an Individual?
    Cambridge Journal of Economics, 1997, 21, (4), 519-44 View citations
28. The Red Queen Paradox: A Proper Name for a Popular Game - Note
    Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 1997, 153, (2), 411- View citations

1996

29. Evolution and efficiency: An inquiry into the foundations of 'new institutional economics': Jack J. Vromen, (Routledge, London, 1995) pp. 240, [UK pound]14.99
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1996, 30, (1), 138-141
30. Friedrich Hayek's Darwinian Theory of Evolution of Institutions: Two Problems
    Australian Economic Papers, 1996, 35, (66), 183-201 View citations
31. Non-linear Dynamics versus Development Processes: Two Kinds of Change
    The Manchester School of Economic & Social Studies, 1996, 64, (3), 309-22
32. Respect, admiration, aggrandizement: Adam Smith as economic psychologist
    Journal of Economic Psychology, 1996, 17, (5), 555-577 View citations

1995

33. Organizations, Naturalism, and Complexity
    Review of Social Economy, 1995, 53, (3), 393-419 View citations
34. The Nature of the Firm: Origins, Evolution, and Development: Oliver E. Williamson and Sidney G. Winter (eds.) New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991, 1993 (paperback). 244 pp. ISBN # 0-19-506590-5, $14.95
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1995, 27, (3), 500-505
35. The socioculturalist agenda in economics: Critical remarks of Thorstein Veblen's legacy
    The Journal of Socio-Economics, 1995, 24, (4), 545-569 View citations

1994

36. Kenneth E. Boulding, 1910-1993
    Journal of Economic Methodology, 1994, 1, (1), 161-66
37. Recycling of matter: Further
    Ecological Economics, 1994, 9, (3), 193-194

1993

38. Economic behavior and institutions: by Thrainn Eggertsson. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990, xv + 385 pp. (cloth)
    International Review of Economics & Finance, 1993, 2, (4), 429-432

1992

39. Are “good samaritan” laws desirable? A note
    Forum for Social Economics, 1992, 22, (1), 71-73
40. Paul R. Lawrence and Charalambos A. Vlachoutsicos (editors, U.S. edition). Behind the factory walls: decision making in Soviet and U.S. Enterprises: (Harvard Business School Press, Boston, 1990), pp. xii + 352, $29.95 hardback
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1992, 17, (2), 296-299

1991

41. Entropy law and Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen's paradigm: A reply
    Ecological Economics, 1991, 3, (2), 161-163 View citations

1990

42. Entropy law and exhaustion of natural resources Is Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen's paradigm defensible?
    Ecological Economics, 1990, 2, (2), 163-178 View citations

1989

43. Principles, rules and ideology
    Forum for Social Economics, 1989, 18, (1), 41-54
    Also in Forum for Social Economics, 1989, 19, (1), 41-54 (1989)

1987

44. Sir James Steuart vs. Professor James Buchanan: Critical Notes on Modern Public Choice
    Review of Social Economy, 1987, 45, (2), 113-32