Uncertainty and economic sociology: a preliminary discussion - Focus on Economic Sociology

American Journal of Economics and Sociology, The,  July, 2003  by David Dequech

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DAVID DEQUECH *

* David Dequech is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Economics, University of Campinas, sAO Paulo, Brazil. E-mail: dequech@eco.unicamp.br. Professor Dequech (Ph.D., cambridge) has been interested in the theory of economic behavior and institutions under uncertainty, and has recently published in the Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, Journal of Economic Issues, Eastern Economic Journal, and Journal of Socio-Economics, among others. He wishes to thank Professor Laurence Moss and an anonymous referee for useful comments on an earlier version of this article. Financial support from CNPq (Brazil) is also gratefully acknowledged.

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