Perfect competition and the creativity of the market

Journal of Economic Literature

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 479-535

  Makowski, Louis ^a   Ostroy, Joseph M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0007887924     PISSN: 00220515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jel.39.2.479     Document Type: Article

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