The primacy of economics: An explanation of the comparative success of economics in the social sciences - Western economic association international 1996 presidential address

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-11

  Demsetz, Harold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0031538905     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.1997.tb01890.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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