Experimental economics and the artificiality of alteration

Journal of Economic Methodology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 239-251

  Bardsley, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificiality; Experiments

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444470169     PISSN: 1350178X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501780500086115     Document Type: Article

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