The “codification debate” revisited: a conceptual framework to analyze the role of tacit knowledge in economics

In the last years, a “codification debate” has developed among economists concerning the meaning and the empirical relevance of “tacit knowledge.” As this debate seems to have reached an impasse, we suggest a solution to take it a step further that is based on a more precise definition of “tacit kno...

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