Social identity strategies in recent economics

Journal of Economic Methodology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 371-390

  Davis, John B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Individual objective function; Personal identity; Reflexivity; Social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749029901     PISSN: 1350178X     EISSN: 14699427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501780600908168     Document Type: Conference Paper

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