The current state of economics: Needs lots of work

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 600, Issue , 2005, Pages 52-67

  Bergmann, Barbara R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral economics; Data collection; Economic science; Experimental economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 22144479776     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716205276731     Document Type: Review

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