“Autonomous Control of the Economic System“, co-author: Béla Martos. Econometrica, May 1973, Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 509-528. Original: 5.45, in Hungarian, 1971.

Kornai János: “Autonomous Control of the Economic System“, co-author: Béla Martos. Econometrica, May 1973, Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 509-528. Original: 5.45, in Hungarian, 1971.

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