THE SUBSTITUTABILITY OF REINFORCERS

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 141-158

  Green, Leonard ^a   Freed, Debra E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

choice; generalized matching law; microeconomics; substitutability of reinforcers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993905088     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: 19383711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.1993.60-141     Document Type: Article

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