Economic models as analogies

Economic Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 578, 2014, Pages

  Gilboa, Itzhak ^b   Postlewaite, Andrew ^a   Samuelson, Larry ^b   Schmeidler, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; ECONOMICS; MODELING;

EID: 84904976334     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12128     Document Type: Article

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