HEURISTICS, THE NON-MAXIMIZING FIRM AND EFFICIENT ALLOCATION

Metroeconomica

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-23

  Furubotn, Eirik G ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 84873458761     PISSN: 00261386     EISSN: 1467999X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-999X.2008.00324.x     Document Type: Article

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