Maximization and the Act of Choice

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DOI10.2307/2171939zbMath0891.90013OpenAlexW2085195137MaRDI QIDQ4368513

Amartya Sen

Publication date: 4 December 1997

Published in: Econometrica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2171939




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