What does tacit knowledge actually explain?

Journal of Economic Methodology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 353-370

  Perraton, Jonathan ^a   Tarrant, Iona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Methodology; Rule following; Tacit knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548318845     PISSN: 1350178X     EISSN: 14699427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501780701562559     Document Type: Conference Paper

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