On experimental discourse in economics

Philosophy of the Social Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 62-88

  Tammi, Timo ^a  

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EID: 0008657746     PISSN: 00483931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004839319902900103     Document Type: Article

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33. Timo Tammi is a researcher at the University of Joensuu, Finland. He is currently on a project in a large Programme for Studies on Science and Science Policy financed by the Academy of Finland. His main interests are the meta-theory of experimental economics, the incorporation of pyschological and social factors into economic theory, and the economic approach to science and scientists' behavior.