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10 - Truthlikeness and economic theories

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2009

Uskali Mäki
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Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
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Fact and Fiction in Economics
Models, Realism and Social Construction
, pp. 214 - 228
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2002

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