The rhetoric of policy relevance in international economics

Journal of Economic Methodology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 237-259

  Milberg, William ^a  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Epistemology; Methodology; New international economics; Rhetoric; Trade policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345272125     PISSN: 1350178X     EISSN: 14699427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501789600000017     Document Type: Article

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