The rhetoric of 'Signifying nothing': A rejoinder to Ziliak and McCloskey

Journal of Economic Methodology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-68

  Hoover, Kevin D ^a   Siegler, Mark V ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 41249099005     PISSN: 1350178X     EISSN: 14699427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501780801913546     Document Type: Article

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