Experiments and the domain of economic theory

Journal of Economic Methodology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 197-210

  Cubitt, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domain of economic theory; Experiments; Theory testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444448568     PISSN: 1350178X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501780500086040     Document Type: Article

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