Adam Smith and the Welfare Cost of Optimism

History of Political Economy

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 185-200

  Niehans, Jürg ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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EID: 0008498832     PISSN: 00182702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/00182702-29-2-185     Document Type: Article

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