The micro economics of group behavior: General characterization

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-26

  Chiappori, P A ^a   Ekeland, I ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Demand theory; Group behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748191150     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: 10957235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2005.01.007     Document Type: Article

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