A modern guide to philosophy of economics
"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 macroeconomi...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Northampton
Edward Elgar Publishing
2021, 2021
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| Series: | Elgar modern guides series
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| Collection: | Edward Elgar eBooks Collection Business & Economics - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Contents: 1. Introduction: Useful philosophy of economics / Harold Kincaid and Don Ross
- 2. Utility measurement: Some contemporary concerns / Nathaniel T. Wilcox
- 3. Making progress on causal inference in economics / Harold Kincaid
- 4. Experimental design and bayesian interpretation / Glenn W. Harrison
- 5. Randomised trials in economics / Seán M. Muller
- 6. Are economists' self-perceptions as epistemically superior self-defeating? / Jack Wright
- 7. Gender biases in economics / Julie A. Nelson
- 8. On the foundations of behavioural and experimental economics / Andreas Ortmann
- 9. Modelling homo sociologicus : Social influence and interdependent behaviour in economics / Michiru Nagatsu
- 10. Welfare economics in large worlds: Welfare and public policies in an uncertain environment / Guilhem Lecouteux
- 11. Poverty measurement and mitigation: A case study of contestation and compromise in South Africa / Julian May
- 12. Core models in macroeconomics / Aki Lehtinen
- 13. The nature of dsge macroeconomics / Alex Rosenberg
- 14. Theory and evidence as drivers of economists' opinions regarding the impact of fiscal stimulus / Edward E. Leamer and Sumit Shinde
- 15. Everyday economics / Don Ross and Matthew Townshend
- Index
- Includes bibliographical references and index