Alfred schutz, Austrian Economists and the Knowledge Problem

Rationality and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-89

  Knudsen, Christian ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

equilibrium and process model; ideal type; knowledge problem; rational choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247656263     PISSN: 10434631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043463104036622     Document Type: Article

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