The cooperation between natural scientists and
neoclassicists is probably encouraged by the fact that
it improves the chances of recognition in different
reputational organizations. Although ecological economics
has established its own reputational organization,
most researchers depend on having their
research accepted elsewhere in order to have a
reasonable number of publications and to get finance.
The stronghold of neoclassicists in the review
processes for journals and research funding implies
that individual survival strategies are better served by
cooperating with mainstream people than with more
marginal groups.