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Equilibrium Fictions: A Cognitive Approach to Societal Rigidity

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Hoff, Karla, and Joseph E. Stiglitz. 2010. "Equilibrium Fictions: A Cognitive Approach to Societal Rigidity." American Economic Review, 100 (2): 141-46. DOI: 10.1257/aer.100.2.141

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