Neoliberalism in the Laboratory? Experimental Economics on Markets and their Limits

New Political Economy

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 507-533

  Santos, Ana Cordeiro ^a   Rodrigues, João ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

cognitive biases and heuristics; endogenous and social preferences; experimental economics; markets; neoliberalism

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; HEURISTICS; MARKET CONDITIONS; NEOLIBERALISM; POLITICAL ECONOMY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84904068374     PISSN: 13563467     EISSN: 14699923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13563467.2013.829433     Document Type: Article

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