Is there redemption for conventions?

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 709-727

  Latsis, John ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Convention; Game theory; Hume; Marx

Indexed keywords

PHILOSOPHY;

EID: 24344484751     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/bei023     Document Type: Article

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