A history of the histories of econometrics

History of Political Economy

Volumn 43, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 5-31

  Boumans, Marcel ^a   Dupont Kieffer, Ariane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

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EID: 84857289266     PISSN: 00182702     EISSN: 15271919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/00182702-1158781     Document Type: Article

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