Designing a market-like entity: Economics in the politics of market formation

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 829-851

  Breslau, Daniel ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

economic sociology; electricity markets; markets; performativity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888226919     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312713493962     Document Type: Article

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