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Towards an economic theory of scientific revolutions — a cynical view?

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  1. Wissenschaftliches Institut für Kommunikationsdienste der Deutschen Bundespost, 5340 Bad Honnef, Postfach 1869, F.R.G.

    Bernhard Wieland

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I would like to thank several persons who read the first version of this paper and made valuable comments. Special thanks go to my old friends E. O. Schneider, Ulrich Zwanzig and Steven Contreras and to my wife. I am also indebted to Professor Erhard Kantzenbach, Prof. Arnold Picot, Prof. Wolfgang Stegmüller, Dr. Wolfgang Spohn and Dr. Karl-Heinz Neumann.

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Wieland, B. Towards an economic theory of scientific revolutions — a cynical view?. Erkenntnis 23, 79–95 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00131956

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