TY - JOUR
T1 - Studying institutions in the context of natural selection
T2 - Limits or opportunities?
AU - Boyer, Pascal
AU - Petersen, Michael Bang
PY - 2013/6
Y1 - 2013/6
N2 - In this comment, we respond to comments raised by Eastwood (2012) in response to our article on the role of evolutionary psychology in understanding institutions (Boyer and Petersen, 2012). We discuss how evolutionary psychological models account for cultural variation and change in institutions, how sociological institutionalism and evolutionary models can inform each other, how evolutionary psychological models illuminate the role of power in institutional design and the possibility of a 'general theory' of institutions.
AB - In this comment, we respond to comments raised by Eastwood (2012) in response to our article on the role of evolutionary psychology in understanding institutions (Boyer and Petersen, 2012). We discuss how evolutionary psychological models account for cultural variation and change in institutions, how sociological institutionalism and evolutionary models can inform each other, how evolutionary psychological models illuminate the role of power in institutional design and the possibility of a 'general theory' of institutions.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84876528453
U2 - 10.1017/S1744137412000203
DO - 10.1017/S1744137412000203
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84876528453
SN - 1744-1374
VL - 9
SP - 187
EP - 198
JO - Journal of Institutional Economics
JF - Journal of Institutional Economics
IS - 2
ER -