Open gaps, metrization and utility

Economic Theory

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 541-546

  Herden, Gerhard ^a   Mehta, Ghanshyam B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 0030306649     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01213666     Document Type: Article

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