Fixing ideas: How research is constrained by mandated formalism

Journal of Economic Methodology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 191-206

  Diamond Jr , Arthur M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence; Methodology; Pluralism; Schumpeter

Indexed keywords

EID: 64549151290     PISSN: 1350178X     EISSN: 14699427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501780902940794     Document Type: Article

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