The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics aspires to be the "definitive scholarly reference work for a new generation of economists." Given the caliber of it's contributors and scope of the encyclopedic articles included this resource should be the first stop for undergraduates and researchers looking for orientation and context for unfamiliar economics topics.
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