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    Karl R. Lang

  2. Department of Economics, Purdue University Indiana, USA

    James C. Moore

  3. Department of Management Science and Information Systems, The University of Texas at Austin, USA

    Andrew B. Whinston

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Lang, K.R., Moore, J.C. & Whinston, A.B. Computational systems for qualitative economics. Comput Econ 8, 1–26 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01298495

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