Appraising Economic Theories: Studies in the Methodology of Research Programs - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1852785152 ISBN 13 : 9781852785154

Editeur : Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 1991

Synopsis

The methodology of economics has long been dominated by the writings of Karl Popper and Imre Lakatos, two outstanding philosophers of science in the post-war period. This major new book focuses on the application of Lakatosian principles of appraisal to modern economics. An international group of distinguished economists have applied Lakatos's methodology of scientific research programs to a variety of economic theories, such as game theory, demand theory, consumption analysis, job search theory, equilibrium unemployment theory, the new classical macroeconomics, experimental economics, Austrian economics, Walrasian stability analysis and Sraffian economics. The introduction and afterword by the editors place the papers in the context of the recent rapidly evolving methodological controversy in economics. Taken as a whole, the book makes a powerful statement of the case for assessing rival economic theories with the aid of an explicit philosophy of science.

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À propos de l'auteur

Edited by Neil de Marchi, Professor of Economics, Duke University, US and the late Mark Blaug, former Professor Emeritus, University of London and Professor Emeritus, University of Buckingham, UK

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1852785152
• ISBN 13: 9781852785154
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 592
• Éditeur: De Marchi Neil, Blaug Mark
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• Personne responsable: non disponible