Towards an observational economics of business behaviour: the horizontal supply curve, 'fuzzy' demand and other anomalies for conventional theory
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Keywords
observational economics; business behaviour; horizontal supply curve; fuzzy demand; inventories; order backlogs;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D21 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Theory
- B59 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - Other
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