A Modern Guide to Philosophy of Economics - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 178897445X ISBN 13 : 9781788974455

Editeur : Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2021

Synopsis

This insightful Modern Guide offers a broad coverage of questions and controversies encountered by contemporary economists. A refreshing approach to philosophy of economics, chapters comprise a range of methodological and theoretical perspectives, from lab and field experiments to macroeconomics and applied policy work, written using a familiar, accessible language for economists.

 
Highlighting key areas of methodological controversy, the Modern Guide looks at estimating utility functions in choice data, causal modelling, and ethics in randomised control trials. Chapters further explore topical issues, including: economists' attitudes to other disciplines; gender bias in economic research; methods of modelling social influence in economics; behavioural welfare economics; anti-poverty policy controversies; and inflexible reliance on DSGE models in macroeconomics. Furthermore, it explores the implications of the last financial crisis for macroeconomic confidence, and ways to adapt abstract theory to everyday policy advice.

 
Avoiding philosophical jargon, and with the majority of chapters written by economists, this Modern Guide will challenge economists and scholars of philosophy of economics to engage with different approaches to the topic. This will also be a useful tool for policy makers administering nudges, development initiatives, macro-forecasting and monetary policy.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Edited by Harold Kincaid, Professor, School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town, South Africa and Don Ross, Professor, School of Society, Politics, and Ethics, University College Cork, Ireland; Professor, School of Economics, University of Cape Town, South Africa; Program Director for Methodology, Center for Economic Analysis of Risk, Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University, US

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 178897445X
• ISBN 13: 9781788974455
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Éditeur: Kincaid Harold, Ross Don
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible