Model selection and multiple research goals: The case of rational addiction

Journal of Economic Methodology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-96

  Yuengert, Andrew M ^a  

^a PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Model selection; Parsimony; Rational addiction; Realism of assumptions; Time inconsistency

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645146608     PISSN: 1350178X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501780600566412     Document Type: Article

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