Prediction logic: A method for empirical evaluation of formal theoryFootnote†

This research was supported by grants GS‐33754 and GS‐32161 from the National Science Foundation. The authors thank Richard M. Cyert who, as Dean of the Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie‐Mellon University, provided additional support for this research. We also thank an anonymous referee and several colleagues at Carnegie‐Mellon for comments.

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