Paradigm shift: A mean field game approach

Bulletin of Economic Research

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 289-302

  Besancenot, Damien ^a   Dogguy, Habib ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

Mean field game; Paradigm shift; Research dynamics; Scientific choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84936210584     PISSN: 03073378     EISSN: 14678586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/boer.12024     Document Type: Article

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