Bounded rationality and market fluctuations

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 233-250

  Conlisk, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bounded rationality; Deliberation technology; Fluctuations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030101127     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-2681(95)00071-2     Document Type: Article

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