A formal model of theory choice in science

Economic Theory

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 113-130

  Brock, William A ^a   Durlauf, Steven N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution of beliefs; Interactive discrimination; Scientific progress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033440732     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001990050284     Document Type: Article

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