The complexity of exchange

Economic Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 504, 2005, Pages

  Axtell, Robert ^a  

^a BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

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MARKET CONDITIONS; TRADE FLOW;

EID: 21544476451     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2005.01001.x     Document Type: Article

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