Norms in economics, with special reference to economic development

Social Norms

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 76-104

  Eggertsson, Thráinn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b Columbia University School of Law ^*  (United States)

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