The energy behind Vernon Smith's experimental economics

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 257-271

  Lee, Kyu Sang ^a,b   Mirowski, Philip ^a,b  

^a Ajou University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy metaphor; Hayek hypothesis; Induced value theory; Mirowski Hands thesis; Vernon Smith

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 40749124350     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/bem036     Document Type: Review

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