Explanatory relevance across disciplinary boundaries: The case of neuroeconomics

Journal of Economic Methodology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 219-228

  Kuorikoski, Jaakko ^a   Ylikoski, Petri ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Explanatory relevance; Interdisciplinarity; Levels of explanation; Mechanisms; Neuroeconomics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953668400     PISSN: 1350178X     EISSN: 14699427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501781003756576     Document Type: Article

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