Natural economic quantities and their measurement

Journal of Economic Methodology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 287-311

  Reiss, Julian ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Jevons; Measurement; Methodology; Natural Quantities; Natural Rate Of Unemployment; Value Of Gold

Indexed keywords

EID: 84909081738     PISSN: 1350178X     EISSN: 14699427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501780110047327     Document Type: Article

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