The market: Catalyst for rationality and filter of irrationality

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  List, John A ^a   Millimet, Daniel L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive market theory; Field experiment; Market learning; Rationality

Indexed keywords

EID: 57249105174     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.2115     Document Type: Article

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