Why sociology is better conditioned to explain economic behaviour than economics

Kyklos

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 258-274

  Folmer, Henk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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[No Author keywords available]

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ECONOMICS; FRAGMENTATION; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 65449175325     PISSN: 00235962     EISSN: 14676435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6435.2009.00435.x     Document Type: Article

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