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play havoc en · VERB
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Synonym of wreak havoc.
If so, the individual wealth effects [which, except for the condition that p#92;cdotD#95;#123;w#95;i#125;x(p,#92;alpha#95;iw)#61;1, are essentially unrestricted] can play havoc with the well-behaved but possibly small individual substitution effects.
1995, Andreu Mas-Colell, Michael D. Whinston, and Jerry R. Green, Microeconomic Theory, Oxford University Press, page 111:
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wreak havoc