On the Complexities of Complex Economic Dynamics

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 169-192

  Rosser Jr , J Barkley ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001178567     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.13.4.169     Document Type: Review

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