Before His Pioneering Experiments on Market Equilibrium, Vernon Smith Believed

question 171

Multiple Choice

Before his pioneering experiments on market equilibrium, Vernon Smith believed that the market equilibrium concept:

• A) described reality.
• B) might describe reality.
• C) did not describe reality.
• D) may have described reality.

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