Details about Ulrich Witt

Homepage:	http://www.evoecon.mpg.de
Workplace:	Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik (Max Planck Institute of Economics), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (Max Planck Society), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2016

1. Evolutionary behavioral economics
   Post-Print, HAL View citations (2)

2013

2. Cultural Evolution, Economic Growth and Human Welfare - A Drift Process?
   Papers on Economics and Evolution, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography
3. The Future of Evolutionary Economics: Why Modalities Matter
   Papers on Economics and Evolution, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography View citations (1)

2012

4. Economic Cosmology and the Evolutionary Challenge
   Papers on Economics and Evolution, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Economic cosmology and the evolutionary challenge, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2013) View citations (11) (2013)
5. Phylogenetic Footprints in Organizational Behavior
   Papers on Economics and Evolution, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography
   See also Journal Article Phylogenetic footprints in organizational behavior, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2013) View citations (14) (2013)
6. The Energy Paradox of Sectoral Change and the Future Prospects of the Service Economy
   Papers on Economics and Evolution, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography

2011

7. As Innovations Drive Economic Growth, Do they also Raise Well-Being?
   Papers on Economics and Evolution, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography View citations (13)
8. Competition as an Ambiguous Discovery Procedure: A Reappraisal of Hayek's Epistemic Market Liberalism
   Papers on Economics and Evolution, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article COMPETITION AS AN AMBIGUOUS DISCOVERY PROCEDURE: A REAPPRAISAL OF F. A. HAYEK'S EPISTEMIC MARKET LIBERALISM, Economics and Philosophy, Cambridge University Press (2013) View citations (2) (2013)
9. Disentangling Motivational and Experiential Aspects of "Utility" - A Neuroeconomics Perspective
   Papers on Economics and Evolution, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Disentangling motivational and experiential aspects of “utility” – A neuroeconomics perspective, Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier (2013) View citations (7) (2013)
10. Parting with "Blue Monday" – Preferences in Home Production and Consumer Responses to Innovations
    Papers on Economics and Evolution, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography View citations (1)
11. Sustainability and the Problem of Consumption
    Papers on Economics and Evolution, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography View citations (2)
12. The Dynamics of Consumer Behavior and the Transition to Sustainable Consumption Patterns
    Papers on Economics and Evolution, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography View citations (20)

2010

13. Can Darwinism Be "Generalized" and of What Use Would This Be?
    Papers on Economics and Evolution, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Can Darwinism be “Generalized” and of what use would this be?, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Springer (2011) View citations (18) (2011)
14. Economic Behavior - Evolutionary vs. Behavioral Perspectives
    Papers on Economics and Evolution, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography View citations (5)
15. Extending the Informational Basis of Welfare Economics: The Case of Preference Dynamics
    Papers on Economics and Evolution, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography View citations (8)

2009

16. Emergence and Functionality of Organizational Routines An Individualistic Approach
    Papers on Economics and Evolution, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Emergence and functionality of organizational routines: an individualistic approach, Journal of Institutional Economics, Cambridge University Press (2011) View citations (14) (2011)
17. Propositions About Novelty
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (29)
    See also Journal Article Propositions about novelty, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2009) View citations (31) (2009)

2008

18. Constitutional Interests in the Face of Innovations: How Much Do We Need to Know about Risk Preferences?
    Papers on Economics and Evolution, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Constitutional interests in the face of innovations: how much do we need to know about risk preferences?, Constitutional Political Economy, Springer (2008) View citations (7) (2008)
19. Symbolic Consumption and the Social Construction of Product Characteristics
    Papers on Economics and Evolution, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography
    See also Journal Article Symbolic consumption and the social construction of product characteristics, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Elsevier (2010) View citations (24) (2010)

2007

20. Heuristic Twists and Ontological Creeds - Road Map for Evolutionary Economics
    Papers on Economics and Evolution, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography View citations (3)
21. How Firm Organizations Adapt to Secure a Sustained Knowledge Transfer
    Papers on Economics and Evolution, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography
    See also Journal Article How firm organizations adapt to secure a sustained knowledge transfer, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Taylor & Francis Journals (2009) View citations (4) (2009)
22. Knowledge and its Economic Characteristics - A Conceptual Clarification
    Jena Economics Research Papers, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena View citations (4)
    See also Chapter Knowledge and its Economic Characteristics: A Conceptual Clarification, Chapters, Edward Elgar Publishing (2012) View citations (1) (2012)
23. Novelty and the Bounds of Unknowledge in Economics
    Papers on Economics and Evolution, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Novelty and the bounds of unknowledge in economics, Journal of Economic Methodology, Taylor & Francis Journals (2009) View citations (18) (2009)
24. Output Dynamics, Flow Equilibria and Structural Change – A Prolegomenon to Evolutionary Macroeconomics
    Papers on Economics and Evolution, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Output dynamics, flow equilibria and structural change—A prolegomenon to evolutionary macroeconomics, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Springer (2008) View citations (4) (2008)

2006

25. Evolutionary Economics
    Papers on Economics and Evolution, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography View citations (98)
    See also Chapter Evolutionary economics, Chapters, Edward Elgar Publishing (1994) (1994)
26. Evolutionary Economics and Psychology
    Papers on Economics and Evolution, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography View citations (1)

2005

27. Firms as Realizations of Entrepreneurial Visions
    Papers on Economics and Evolution, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Firms as Realizations of Entrepreneurial Visions, Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell (2007) View citations (39) (2007)
28. From Sensory to Positivist Utilitarianism and Back -- The Rehabilitation of Naturalistic Conjectures in the Theory of Demand
    Papers on Economics and Evolution, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography View citations (12)
29. Knowledge-based Entrepreneurship: The Organizational Side of Technology Commercialization
    Papers on Economics and Evolution, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography View citations (7)
30. Reasoning About Novelty
    Papers on Economics and Evolution, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography

2004

31. Network-Induced Oscillatory Behavior in Material Flow Networks and Business Cycles
    Papers on Economics and Evolution, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography View citations (4)
32. On Novelty and Heterogeneity
    Papers on Economics and Evolution, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography View citations (4)

2003

33. 'Production' in Nature and Production in the Economy - Second Thoughts about Some Basic Economic Concepts
    Papers on Economics and Evolution, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article 'Production' in nature and production in the economy--second thoughts about some basic economic concepts, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Elsevier (2005) View citations (8) (2005)
34. The Evolutionary Perspective on Organizational Change and the Theory of the Firm
    Papers on Economics and Evolution, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography View citations (4)
35. The Proper Interpretation of 'Evolution' in Economics and the Example of Production Theory
    Papers on Economics and Evolution, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography View citations (1)
36. Yesterday’s Games: Contingency Learning and the Growth of Public Spending, 1890-1938
    Cahiers de recherche, Universite de Montreal, Departement de sciences economiques

2002

37. Generic Features of Evolution and Its Continuity -- a Transdisciplinary Perspective
    Papers on Economics and Evolution, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography View citations (6)
38. Market Opportunity and Organizational Grind - The two Sides of Entrepreneurship
    Papers on Economics and Evolution, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography View citations (1)
39. Wirtschaftswachstum - was geschieht auf der Nachfrageseite?
    Walter Adolf Jöhr Lecture, University of St. Gallen, School of Economics and Political Science, Institute of Economics (FGN-HSG)
40. Yesterday's Games: Contingency Learning and the Growth of Public Spending
    Papers on Economics and Evolution, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography View citations (2)

Undated

41. Conceptions vs. Routines - On the Development of Firms and the Evolution of Markets
    Papers on Economics and Evolution, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography
42. How Evolutionary is Schumpeter's Theory of Economic Development?
    Papers on Economics and Evolution, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article HOW EVOLUTIONARY IS SCHUMPETER'S THEORY OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT?, Industry and Innovation, Taylor & Francis Journals (2002) View citations (30) (2002)
43. Social Cognitive Learning and Group Selection - A Hayekian Model of Societal Evolution
    Papers on Economics and Evolution, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography View citations (1)
44. The Evolutionary Perspective on Economic Policy Making - Does it Make a Difference?
    Papers on Economics and Evolution, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography

Journal Articles

2018

1. Editorial announcement
   Journal of Bioeconomics, 2018, 20, (3), 261-262

2017

2. The evolution of consumption and its welfare effects
   Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2017, 27, (2), 273-293 View citations (11)
3. Wie der politische Diskurs auch läuft, am Ende entscheidet die Mehrheit, oder nicht?
   Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik - Journal for Business, Economics & Ethics, 2017, 18, (2), 201-205 View citations (1)

2016

4. The transformations of utility theory: a behavioral perspective
   Journal of Bioeconomics, 2016, 18, (3), 211-228

2015

5. Causality and regularity in a ‘creative world’
   Journal of Institutional Economics, 2015, 11, (1), 55-60
6. Editorial note on “Evolutionary biology arguments in political economy”
   Journal of Bioeconomics, 2015, 17, (1), 1-2
7. Sociology and the Imperialism of Economics
   Review of Behavioral Economics, 2015, 2, (1-2), 195-202

2014

8. Editorial note
   Journal of Bioeconomics, 2014, 16, (1), 1-2
9. The future of evolutionary economics: why the modalities of explanation matter
   Journal of Institutional Economics, 2014, 10, (4), 645-664 View citations (15)

2013

10. COMPETITION AS AN AMBIGUOUS DISCOVERY PROCEDURE: A REAPPRAISAL OF F. A. HAYEK'S EPISTEMIC MARKET LIBERALISM
    Economics and Philosophy, 2013, 29, (1), 121-138 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper Competition as an Ambiguous Discovery Procedure: A Reappraisal of Hayek's Epistemic Market Liberalism, Papers on Economics and Evolution (2011) View citations (1) (2011)
11. Disentangling motivational and experiential aspects of “utility” – A neuroeconomics perspective
    Journal of Economic Psychology, 2013, 36, (C), 27-40 View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper Disentangling Motivational and Experiential Aspects of "Utility" - A Neuroeconomics Perspective, Papers on Economics and Evolution (2011) View citations (2) (2011)
12. Economic cosmology and the evolutionary challenge
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2013, 90, (S), S11-S20 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper Economic Cosmology and the Evolutionary Challenge, Papers on Economics and Evolution (2012) View citations (1) (2012)
13. Phylogenetic footprints in organizational behavior
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2013, 90, (S), S33-S44 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper Phylogenetic Footprints in Organizational Behavior, Papers on Economics and Evolution (2012) (2012)

2012

14. A critical note on the role of the capability approach for sustainability economics
    Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2012, 41, (5), 721-725 View citations (10)
15. Ordnungsökonomik und Soziale Marktwirtschaft in Bedrängnis / Ordo-liberalism and the German “Social Market Economy” in qunadary?
    ORDO. Jahrbuch für die Ordnung von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft, 2012, 63, (1), 159-178

2011

16. Can Darwinism be “Generalized” and of what use would this be?
    Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2011, 21, (4), 545-562 View citations (18)
    See also Working Paper Can Darwinism Be "Generalized" and of What Use Would This Be?, Papers on Economics and Evolution (2010) View citations (2) (2010)
17. Emergence and functionality of organizational routines: an individualistic approach
    Journal of Institutional Economics, 2011, 7, (2), 157-174 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper Emergence and Functionality of Organizational Routines An Individualistic Approach, Papers on Economics and Evolution (2009) View citations (2) (2009)

2010

18. Symbolic consumption and the social construction of product characteristics
    Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 2010, 21, (1), 17-25 View citations (24)
    See also Working Paper Symbolic Consumption and the Social Construction of Product Characteristics, Papers on Economics and Evolution (2008) (2008)

2009

19. How firm organizations adapt to secure a sustained knowledge transfer
    Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2009, 18, (7), 647-661 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper How Firm Organizations Adapt to Secure a Sustained Knowledge Transfer, Papers on Economics and Evolution (2007) (2007)
20. Novelty and the bounds of unknowledge in economics
    Journal of Economic Methodology, 2009, 16, (4), 361-375 View citations (18)
    See also Working Paper Novelty and the Bounds of Unknowledge in Economics, Papers on Economics and Evolution (2007) View citations (4) (2007)
21. Propositions about novelty
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2009, 70, (1-2), 311-320 View citations (31)
    See also Working Paper Propositions About Novelty, Post-Print (2009) View citations (29) (2009)

2008

22. Constitutional interests in the face of innovations: how much do we need to know about risk preferences?
    Constitutional Political Economy, 2008, 19, (3), 203-225 View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper Constitutional Interests in the Face of Innovations: How Much Do We Need to Know about Risk Preferences?, Papers on Economics and Evolution (2008) View citations (7) (2008)
23. Observational learning, group selection, and societal evolution
    Journal of Institutional Economics, 2008, 4, (1), 1-24 View citations (9)
24. Output dynamics, flow equilibria and structural change—A prolegomenon to evolutionary macroeconomics
    Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2008, 18, (2), 249-260 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper Output Dynamics, Flow Equilibria and Structural Change – A Prolegomenon to Evolutionary Macroeconomics, Papers on Economics and Evolution (2007) View citations (1) (2007)
25. What is specific about evolutionary economics?
    Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2008, 18, (5), 547-575 View citations (90)

2007

26. Firms as Realizations of Entrepreneurial Visions
    Journal of Management Studies, 2007, 44, (7), 1125-1140 View citations (39)
    See also Working Paper Firms as Realizations of Entrepreneurial Visions, Papers on Economics and Evolution (2005) View citations (1) (2005)

2006

27. Evolutionary concepts in economics and biology
    Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2006, 16, (5), 473-476 View citations (17)
28. How Problems of Organisational Growth in Firms Affect Industry Entry and Exit
    Revue de l'OFCE, 2006, 97 bis, (5), 47-62 View citations (3)

2005

29. 'Production' in nature and production in the economy--second thoughts about some basic economic concepts
    Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 2005, 16, (2), 165-179 View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper 'Production' in Nature and Production in the Economy - Second Thoughts about Some Basic Economic Concepts, Papers on Economics and Evolution (2003) View citations (1) (2003)
30. Approaches to production theory
    Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 2005, 16, (2), 159-163 View citations (2)

2004

31. Arms and the Man: World War I and the Rise of the Welfare State
    Kyklos, 2004, 57, (4), 475-504 View citations (13)
32. On the proper interpretation of 'evolution' in economics and its implications for production theory
    Journal of Economic Methodology, 2004, 11, (2), 125-146 View citations (51)

2003

33. Economic policy making in evolutionary perspective
    Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2003, 13, (2), 77-94 View citations (75)
34. Games with frequency-dependent stage payoffs
    International Journal of Game Theory, 2003, 31, (4), 609-620 View citations (14)
35. Melioration learning in games with constant and frequency-dependent pay-offs
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2003, 50, (4), 429-448 View citations (11)

2002

36. HOW EVOLUTIONARY IS SCHUMPETER'S THEORY OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT?
    Industry and Innovation, 2002, 9, (1-2), 7-22 View citations (30)
    See also Working Paper How Evolutionary is Schumpeter's Theory of Economic Development?, Papers on Economics and Evolution View citations (6)
37. International Co-movements of Business Cycles in a ‘Phase-locking’ Model
    Metroeconomica, 2002, 53, (2), 113-138
38. Myopic Behavior and Cycles in Aggregate Output. A Note on the Role of Correlated Quantity Adjustments / Myopisches Verhalten und der Konjunkturzyklus. Bemerkungen zur Rolle korrelierter Mengenanpassungen
    Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik), 2002, 222, (3), 366-376 View citations (1)

2001

39. Between Appeasement and Belligerent Moralism: The Evolution of Moral Conduct in International Politics
    Public Choice, 2001, 106, (3-4), 365-88 View citations (2)
40. The Nature of the Firm – Static versus Developmental Interpretations
    Journal of Management & Governance, 2001, 5, (3), 331-351 View citations (2)
41. special issue: Economic Growth - What Happens on the Demand Side? Introduction
    Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2001, 11, (1), 1-5 View citations (7)
42. special issue: Learning to consume - A theory of wants and the growth of demand
    Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2001, 11, (1), 23-36 View citations (170)

2000

43. Changing Cognitive Frames--Changing Organizational Forms: An Entrepreneurial Theory of Organizational Development
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 2000, 9, (4), 733-55 View citations (40)

1999

44. Do Entrepreneurs Need Firms? A Contribution to a Missing Chapter in Austrian Economics
    The Review of Austrian Economics, 1999, 11, (1), 99-109 View citations (27)
    Also in The Review of Austrian Economics, 1999, 11, (1-2), 99-109 (1999) View citations (28)

1998

45. Imagination and leadership - The neglected dimension of an evolutionary theory of the firm
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1998, 35, (2), 161-177 View citations (113)

1997

46. "Lock-in" vs. "critical masses" -- Industrial change under network externalities
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 1997, 15, (6), 753-773 View citations (29)
47. Self-organization and economics--what is new?
    Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 1997, 8, (4), 489-507 View citations (30)
48. The Hayekian Puzzle: Spontaneous Order and the Business Cycle
    Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 1997, 44, (1), 44-58 View citations (14)

1996

49. Innovations, Externalities and the Problem of Economic Progress
    Public Choice, 1996, 89, (1-2), 113-30 View citations (34)

1992

50. Evolutionary Concepts in Economics
    Eastern Economic Journal, 1992, 18, (4), 405-419 View citations (16)
51. L’ECONOMIE EVOLUTIONNISTE. LES CONTOURS D’UN NOUVEAU PARADIGME DE RECHERCHE
    Journal des Economistes et des Etudes Humaines, 1992, 3, (2-3), 237-258
52. The Endogenous Public Choice Theorist
    Public Choice, 1992, 73, (1), 117-29 View citations (18)
53. The emergence of a protective agency and the constitutional dilemma
    Constitutional Political Economy, 1992, 3, (2), 255-266 View citations (6)

1991

54. Economics, sociobiology and behavioral psychology on preferences
    Journal of Economic Psychology, 1991, 12, (4), 557-573 View citations (19)

1990

55. LE SUBJECTTVISME EN SCIENCES ECONOMIQUES: Proposition de reorientation
    Journal des Economistes et des Etudes Humaines, 1990, 1, (2), 41-60
56. L’EVOLUTION DE L’ORDRE ET LE ROLE DE L’INDIVTOU
    Journal des Economistes et des Etudes Humaines, 1990, 1, (1), 186-189

1989

57. The evolution of economic institutions as a propagation process
    Public Choice, 1989, 62, (2), 155-172 View citations (22)

1986

58. Firms' market behavior under imperfect information and economic natural selection
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1986, 7, (3), 265-290 View citations (11)

Books

2016

1. Rethinking Economic Evolution
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (5)

2003

2. The Evolving Economy
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (110)

Edited books

2018

1. Understanding Economic Change
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (3)

2008

2. Recent Developments in Evolutionary Economics
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (4)

1993

3. EVOLUTIONARY ECONOMICS
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (5)

Chapters

2012

1. Knowledge and its Economic Characteristics: A Conceptual Clarification
   Chapter 16 in Handbook of Knowledge and Economics, 2012 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Knowledge and its Economic Characteristics - A Conceptual Clarification, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena (2007) View citations (4) (2007)

2007

2. Selection, Learning and Schumpeterian Dynamics: A Conceptual Debate
   Chapter 20 in Elgar Companion to Neo-Schumpeterian Economics, 2007 View citations (5)

1994

3. Evolutionary economics
   Chapter 78 in The Elgar Companion to Austrian Economics, 1994
   See also Working Paper Evolutionary Economics, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography (2006) View citations (98) (2006)

Editor

1. Journal of Bioeconomics
   Springer