Milton Friedman, the statistical methodologist

History of Political Economy

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 511-527

  Teira, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

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EID: 34948873052     PISSN: 00182702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/00182702-2007-020     Document Type: Article

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