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Doing economic research : essays on the applied methodology of economics
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- Creator
- Thomas Mayer
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Aldershot, Hants, England ; Brookfield, Vt., USA : E. Elgar, [1995]
- ©1995
- Physical Details
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- x, 171 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781852789398, 1852789395
- OCLC
- ocm31411034
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-163) and index.
- 1. Introduction -- 2. Methodologists and the practicing economist: a plea for collaboration -- 3. Positivism and economics -- 4. How much do microfoundations matter? -- 5. The debate about Ricardian equivalence -- 6. The hidden persuaders -- 7. On the realism of assumptions -- 8. The monetarist debate and the new methodology -- 9. What do economists think of their econometrics? -- 10. Insignificant coefficients -- 11. Seeing ourselves as others see us: Rosenberg's view of economics -- 12. A note on consumer choice theory -- 13. Keeping poor relations at bay: economics as an isolated science