Writing "the probability approach" with nowhere to go: Haavelmo in the United States, 1939-1944

Econometric Theory

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 775-837

  Bjerkholt, Olav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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EID: 34547958173     PISSN: 02664666     EISSN: 14694360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026646660707034X     Document Type: Article

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