Stabilizing consumer choice: The role of 'true dynamic stability' and related concepts in the history of consumer choice theory

European Journal of the History of Economic Thought

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 313-343

  Hands, D Wade ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand theory; General equilibrium; Samuelson; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952208159     PISSN: 09672567     EISSN: 14695936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09672560903204585     Document Type: Article

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