Overemphasis on perfectly competitive markets in microeconomics principles textbooks

Journal of Economic Education

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 58-76

  Hill, Roderick ^a   Myatt, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Introductory economics; Market structures; Perfect competition; Supply and demand

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947706120     PISSN: 00220485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JECE.38.1.58-77     Document Type: Article

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