Constructing a Market, Performing Theory: The Historical Sociology of a Financial Derivatives Exchange

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  MacKenzie, Donald ^a   Millo, Yuval ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 1642532626     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/374404     Document Type: Review

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