"The sociology of arbitrage'": A comment on MacKenzie

Economy and Society

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 239-254

  Hardie, Iain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arbitrage; Economic; Financial markets; Parson's Pact; Sociology

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL MARKET;

EID: 2942604216     PISSN: 03085147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03085140410001677148     Document Type: Article

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