What do we know about ourselves? On the economics of economics

Kyklos

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 197-215

  Coupé, Tom ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV MOHYLA ACADEMY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC THEORY; EDUCATION; LABOR MARKET; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 2542483955     PISSN: 00235962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0023-5962.2004.00250.x     Document Type: Article

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