Rational choice history: A case of excessive ambition

American Political Science Review

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 685-695

  Elster, Jon ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 0005586237     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0003055400271360     Document Type: Review

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