The European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy (EAEPE) is a pluralist forum of social scientists that brings together institutional and evolutionary economists broadly defined. EAEPE members are scholars working on realistic approaches to economic theory and economic policy. With a membership of around 500, EAEPE is now the foremost European association for heterodox economists and is the second-largest association for economists in Europe.
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