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De gustibus est disputandum: Frank H. Knight's reply to George Stigler and Gary Becker's ‘De gustibus non est disputandum’ with an introductory essay

Ross B. Emmett Michigan State University E-mail: [email protected]
Pages 97-111 | Published online: 15 Aug 2006

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