Marketing models: The culture of mathematical economics

Sociological Forum

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 345-386

  Yonay, Yuval ^a   Breslau, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual practices; Economic knowledge; Economics; Epistemic cultures; Modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845613500     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11206-006-9031-5     Document Type: Article

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