The problem of epistemic cost: Why do economists not change their minds (About the "Coase Theorem")?

American Journal of Economics and Sociology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1131-1157

  Yalcintas, Altug ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 84885943733     PISSN: 00029246     EISSN: 15367150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajes.12037     Document Type: Article

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