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Journal of Economic Literature

ISSN 0022-0515 (Print) | ISSN 2328-8175 (Online)

Modeling Knowledge in Economic Analysis

  • Larry Samuelson
Journal of Economic Literature
vol. 42, no. 2, June 2004
(pp. 367–403)
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Abstract

This paper provides an introduction to how knowledge is modeled in economic contexts and the role played by the concepts of knowledge and common knowledge in economic analysis.

Citation

Samuelson, Larry. 2004. "Modeling Knowledge in Economic Analysis." Journal of Economic Literature, 42 (2): 367–403. DOI: 10.1257/0022051041409057

JEL Classification

  • D83 Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief