Learning foreign languages: Theoretical and empirical implications of the Selten and Pool model

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 64, Issue 3-4 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 337-347

  Ginsburgh, Victor ^a   Ortuño Ortín, Ignacio ^b   Weber, Shlomo ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^c SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Communicative benefits; Estimation of demand functions for languages; European Union; Languages; Learning costs; Linguistic distances

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348886076     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2006.10.005     Document Type: Article

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