Folk economics

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 157-171

  Rubin, Paul H ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0042744866     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1061637     Document Type: Article

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