Robbins on economic generalizations and reality in the light of modern econometrics

Economica

Volumn 76, Issue SUPPL.1, 2009, Pages 873-890

  Backhouse, Roger E ^a,b   Durlauf, Steven N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 77949544237     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2009.00805.x     Document Type: Article

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