The vanity of rigour in economics: Theoretical models and Galilean experiments

The Experiment in the History of Economics

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 118-134

  Cartwright, Nancy ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84905789556     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203023594     Document Type: Chapter

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