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... > social science subjects > social research > philosophy and the social sciences > philosophy and economics > heterodox economics > bioeconomics
social science subjects > economics > schools of economics > heterodox economics > bioeconomics
... > social science subjects > economics > economic concepts > schools of economics > heterodox economics > bioeconomics
... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > law and society > law and society research > bioeconomics
... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > law and courts > law and society > law and society research > bioeconomics

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bioeconomics  

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  • Bioeconomics, the integration of economics with biology, aims at enriching the two disciplines with the transfer of concepts and tools in both directions. The new field emerged in the 1970s, with contributions from the founders of bioeconomics, economists Gordon Tullock, Gary Becker, and Jack Hirshleifer, and biologist Michael Ghiselin.Tullock applied standard economic theory of constrained maximization by humans to the analysis of a bird, the coal tit, and its consumption behavior. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law & Society: American and Global Perspectives; Bioeconomics]

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