On the existence of macro variables and of macro relationships

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 275-299

  Ramsey, James B ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fokker planck equation; Macro systems; Stochastic processes; Transitional probabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030243493     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2681(96)00871-2     Document Type: Article

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