Models are experiments, experiments are models

Journal of Economic Methodology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 303-315

  Mäki, Uskali ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assumptions; Control; Experiment; Isolation; Model; Representation; Testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444436858     PISSN: 1350178X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501780500086255     Document Type: Article

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