Steven N. Durlauf

University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility

Director

United States

University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy

Steans Professor in Educational Policy

1155 East 60th Street

Chicago, IL 60637

United States

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1.

Identification of Social Interactions

Number of pages: 154 Posted: 18 Aug 2010
Cornell University - Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin, Madison - Department of Economics, University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility and Tufts University
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social interactions, social networks, identification

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Empirics of Growth and Development

INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, Vol. 1, Amitava Dutt and Jaime Ros, eds., Edward Elgar Publishing, 2008
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 07 Nov 2005 Last Revised: 24 Apr 2011
Steven N. Durlauf, Andros Kourtellos and Chih Ming Tan
University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility, University of Cyprus - Department of Economics and University of North Dakota - Nistler College of Business & Public Administration - Department of Economics & Finance
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Growth empirics, Economic growth, Development

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Is God in the Details? A Reexamination of the Role of Religion in Economic Growth

Journal of Applied Econometrics, 27(7), p. 1059-1075, 2012
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 03 Oct 2006 Last Revised: 20 Aug 2013
Steven N. Durlauf, Andros Kourtellos and Chih Ming Tan
University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility, University of Cyprus - Department of Economics and University of North Dakota - Nistler College of Business & Public Administration - Department of Economics & Finance
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Economic Growth, Religion, Model Uncertainty

Model Uncertainty and the Deterrent Effect of Capital Punishment

Columbia Public Law Research Paper No. 07-138, FRB of Boston Quantitative Analysis Unit Working Paper
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 06 Apr 2007
Ethan Cohen-Cole, Steven N. Durlauf, Jeffrey Fagan and Daniel Nagin
Econ One Research, University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility, Columbia Law School and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
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Model Uncertainty and the Deterrent Effect of Capital Punishment

American Law and Economics Review, Vol. 11, Issue 2, pp. 335-369, 2009
Posted: 25 Jan 2010
Ethan Cohen-Cole, Steven N. Durlauf, Jeffrey Fagan and Daniel Nagin
Econ One Research, University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility, Columbia Law School and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management

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Are Any Growth Theories Robust?

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 13 Mar 2007
Steven N. Durlauf, Andros Kourtellos and Chih Ming Tan
University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility, University of Cyprus - Department of Economics and University of North Dakota - Nistler College of Business & Public Administration - Department of Economics & Finance
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Economic growth, Total Factor Productivity, Model Uncertainty

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Social Capital

NBER Working Paper No. w10485
Number of pages: 91 Posted: 26 May 2004 Last Revised: 27 Aug 2022
Steven N. Durlauf and Marcel Fafchamps
University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility and Stanford University - Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
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Interactions-Based Models

NBER Working Paper No. t0258
Number of pages: 133 Posted: 19 Aug 2000 Last Revised: 18 Mar 2023
William A. Brock and Steven N. Durlauf
University of Wisconsin, Madison - Department of Economics and University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility
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Status Traps

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 35(2), p. 265-287, 2017
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 02 May 2016 Last Revised: 10 Dec 2017
Steven N. Durlauf, Andros Kourtellos and Chih Ming Tan
University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility, University of Cyprus - Department of Economics and University of North Dakota - Nistler College of Business & Public Administration - Department of Economics & Finance
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intergenerational mobility, threshold regression, inequality, poverty traps

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The New Empirics of Economic Growth

NBER Working Paper No. w6422
Number of pages: 113 Posted: 14 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2022
Steven N. Durlauf and Danny Quah
University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility and National University of Singapore (NUS), Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
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The New Empirics of Economic Growth

Posted: 11 Sep 1998
Steven N. Durlauf and Danny Quah
University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility and National University of Singapore (NUS), Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

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Discrete Choice with Social Interactions I: Theory

NBER Working Paper No. w5291
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 08 Aug 2000 Last Revised: 18 Dec 2022
William A. Brock and Steven N. Durlauf
University of Wisconsin, Madison - Department of Economics and University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility
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Multinomial Choice with Social Interactions

NBER Working Paper No. t0288
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 06 Mar 2003 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2022
William A. Brock and Steven N. Durlauf
University of Wisconsin, Madison - Department of Economics and University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility
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Growth Economics and Reality

NBER Working Paper No. w8041
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 11 Dec 2000 Last Revised: 23 Dec 2022
William A. Brock and Steven N. Durlauf
University of Wisconsin, Madison - Department of Economics and University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility
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Interpreting Tests of the Convergence Hypothesis

NBER Working Paper No. t0159
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 16 Sep 2000 Last Revised: 10 Jun 2023
Andrew B. Bernard and Steven N. Durlauf
Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business and University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility
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The Great Gatsby Curve

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2022-29
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 23 Feb 2022
Steven N. Durlauf, Andros Kourtellos and Chih Ming Tan
University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility, University of Cyprus - Department of Economics and University of North Dakota - Nistler College of Business & Public Administration - Department of Economics & Finance
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The Great Gatsby Curve

NBER Working Paper No. w29761
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 21 Feb 2022 Last Revised: 27 Apr 2023
Steven N. Durlauf, Andros Kourtellos and Chih Ming Tan
University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility, University of Cyprus - Department of Economics and University of North Dakota - Nistler College of Business & Public Administration - Department of Economics & Finance
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Statistical Mechanics Approaches to Socioeconomic Behavior

NBER Working Paper No. t0203
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 01 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 22 Jan 2023
Steven N. Durlauf
University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility
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Simple Versus Optimal Rules as Guides to Policy

FRB of Atlanta Working Paper 2007-7
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 13 May 2007
University of Wisconsin, Madison - Department of Economics, University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility, North Carolina State University - Department of Economics and University of Wisconsin - Madison
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monetary policy rule, model uncertainty, minimax, minimax regret

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A Theory of Persistent Income Inequality

NBER Working Paper No. w4056
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 09 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 03 Aug 2022
Steven N. Durlauf
University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility
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Nonergodic Economic Growth

NBER Working Paper No. w3719
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 11 Nov 2000 Last Revised: 01 Sep 2022
Steven N. Durlauf
University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility
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Adoption Curves and Social Interactions

NBER Working Paper No. w15065
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 16 Jun 2009 Last Revised: 02 Mar 2023
William A. Brock and Steven N. Durlauf
University of Wisconsin, Madison - Department of Economics and University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility
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Policy Evaluation in Uncertain Economic Environments

NBER Working Paper No. w10025
Number of pages: 85 Posted: 14 Oct 2003 Last Revised: 24 Nov 2022
William A. Brock, Steven N. Durlauf and Kenneth D. West
University of Wisconsin, Madison - Department of Economics, University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility and University of Wisconsin - Madison - Department of Economics
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Path Dependence in Aggregate Output

NBER Working Paper No. w3718
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 28 Sep 2000 Last Revised: 31 Aug 2022
Steven N. Durlauf
University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility
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Local Versus Global Convergence Across National Economies

NBER Working Paper No. w3996
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 05 Feb 2001 Last Revised: 04 Dec 2022
Steven N. Durlauf and Paul A. Johnson
University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility and Vassar College
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A Trajectories-Based Approach to Measuring Intergenerational Mobility

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2023-36
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 15 Mar 2023
Yoosoon Chang, Steven N. Durlauf, Seunghee Lee and Joon Park
Indiana University Bloomington - Department of Economics, University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility, Korea Development Institute (KDI) and Indiana University
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A Trajectories-Based Approach to Measuring Intergenerational Mobility

NBER Working Paper No. w31020
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 13 Mar 2023 Last Revised: 05 Apr 2023
Yoosoon Chang, Steven N. Durlauf, Seunghee Lee and Joon Park
Indiana University Bloomington - Department of Economics, University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility, Korea Development Institute (KDI) and Indiana University
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Model Uncertainty and Policy Evaluation: Some Theory and Empirics

NBER Working Paper No. w10916
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 08 Dec 2004 Last Revised: 01 May 2022
William A. Brock, Steven N. Durlauf and Kenneth D. West
University of Wisconsin, Madison - Department of Economics, University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility and University of Wisconsin - Madison - Department of Economics
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Intergenerational Mobility

NBER Working Paper No. w29760
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 21 Feb 2022 Last Revised: 26 Apr 2023
Neil Cholli and Steven N. Durlauf
University of Chicago and University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility
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Linear Social Interactions Models

NBER Working Paper No. w19212
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 12 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 01 Jul 2023
Cornell University - Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin, Madison - Department of Economics, University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility and ESMT European School of Management and Technology
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Compositional Effects of Government Spending in a Two-Country Two-Sectorproduction Model

NBER Working Paper No. w2543
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 07 Apr 2004 Last Revised: 15 Dec 2022
Steven N. Durlauf and Robert W. Staiger
University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility and Stanford University
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Design Limits and Dynamic Policy Analysis

NBER Working Paper No. w14357
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 23 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 25 Sep 2022
William A. Brock, Steven N. Durlauf and Giacomo Rondina
University of Wisconsin, Madison - Department of Economics, University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility and University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
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How the World Became Rich by Mark Koyama and Jared Rubin and Slouching Towards Utopia, by J. Bradford Delong: A Review Essay

NBER Working Paper No. w32873
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 03 Sep 2024
Steven N. Durlauf
University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility
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How the World Became Rich by Mark Koyama and Jared Rubin and Slouching Towards Utopia, by J. Bradford DeLong: A Review Essay

The University of Chicago Stone Center Working Paper Series Paper No. 24-07
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 27 Sep 2024
Steven N. Durlauf
University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility
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Economic Growth, Economic History, Industrial Revolution, Growth Mechanisms, Industrialization, Book Review

How the World Became Rich by Mark Koyama and Jared Rubin and Slouching Towards Utopia, by J. Bradford DeLong: A Review Essay

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2024-110
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 05 Sep 2024
Steven N. Durlauf
University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility
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Convergence of International Output Movements

NBER Working Paper No. w3717
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 26 Dec 2000 Last Revised: 29 Aug 2022
Andrew B. Bernard and Steven N. Durlauf
Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business and University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility
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Multiple Equilibria and Persistence in Aggregate Fluctuations

NBER Working Paper No. w3629
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 28 Sep 2000 Last Revised: 04 Dec 2022
Steven N. Durlauf
University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility
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Spectral Based Testing of the Martingale Hypothesis

NBER Working Paper No. t0090
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 27 Jun 2007 Last Revised: 02 Apr 2023
Steven N. Durlauf
University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility
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Elements of a Theory of Design Limits to Optimal Policy

NBER Working Paper No. w10495
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 28 May 2004 Last Revised: 05 Sep 2022
William A. Brock and Steven N. Durlauf
University of Wisconsin, Madison - Department of Economics and University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility
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Measuring Noise in Inventory Models

NBER Working Paper No. w4487
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 17 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 10 Oct 2022
Steven N. Durlauf and Louis J. Maccini
University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility and Johns Hopkins University - Department of Economics
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Bounds on the Variances of Specification Errors in Models with Expectations

NBER Working Paper No. w2936
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 29 Dec 2006 Last Revised: 13 Jul 2010
Steven N. Durlauf and Robert E. Hall
University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility and Hoover Institution and Department of Economics, Stanford University
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Testing the Positive Theory of Government Finance

NBER Working Paper No. w3349
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 30 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 28 Aug 2022
David S. Bizer and Steven N. Durlauf
Lehman Brothers and University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility
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Everybody’s Talkin’ at Me: Levels of Majority Language Acquisition by Minority Language Speakers

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2022-122
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 02 Sep 2022
William A. Brock, Bo Chen, Steven N. Durlauf and Shlomo Weber
University of Wisconsin, Madison - Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University (SMU), University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility and Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Department of Economics
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Model Uncertainty and the Effect of Shall-Issue Right-to-Carry Laws on Crime

NBER Working Paper No. w21566
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 21 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2023
Steven N. Durlauf, Salvador Navarro and David Rivers
University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility, University of Western Ontario - Department of Economics and University of Western Ontario
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The Evolution of Black-White Differences in Occupational Mobility Across Post-Civil War America

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2024-52
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 30 Apr 2024
Steven N. Durlauf, Gueyon Kim, Dohyeon Lee and Xi Song
University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility, University of California, Santa Cruz, Amazon and University of Pennsylvania
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The Evolution of Black-White Differences in Occupational Mobility Across Post-Civil War America

NBER Working Paper No. w32370
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 29 Apr 2024
Steven N. Durlauf, Gueyon Kim, Dohyeon Lee and Xi Song
University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility, University of California, Santa Cruz, Amazon and University of Pennsylvania
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Everybody's Talkin’ at Me: Levels of Majority Language Acquisition by Minority Language Speakers

NBER Working Paper No. w30410
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 29 Aug 2022 Last Revised: 03 Feb 2023
William A. Brock, Bo Chen, Steven N. Durlauf and Shlomo Weber
University of Wisconsin, Madison - Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University (SMU), University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility and Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Department of Economics
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Everybody's Talkin’ at Me: Levels of Majority Language Acquisition by Minority Language Speakers

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 07 Dec 2023
William A. Brock, Bo Chen, Steven N. Durlauf and Shlomo Weber
University of Wisconsin, Madison - Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University (SMU), University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility and Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Department of Economics
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Communicative benefits, Identification, Language acquisition, Language policy, Linguistic equilibrium, Partial learning.

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Understanding the Heterogeneity of Intergenerational Mobility Across Neighborhoods

NBER Working Paper No. w33035
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 08 Oct 2024
Cornell University, University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility, Rockwool Foundation Research Unit and University of Western Ontario
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The Great Gatsby Curve

Annual Review of Economics, Vol. 14, pp. 571-605, 2022
Posted: 31 Aug 2022
Steven N. Durlauf, Andros Kourtellos and Chih Ming Tan
University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility, University of Cyprus and University of North Dakota

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Social Interactions

Annual Review of Economics, Vol. 2, pp. 451-478, 2010
Posted: 18 Oct 2010
Steven N. Durlauf and Yannis M. Ioannides
University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility and Tufts University

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A Formal Model of Theory Choice in Science

Posted: 12 Sep 1999
William A. Brock and Steven N. Durlauf
University of Wisconsin, Madison - Department of Economics and University of Chicago - Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility

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