How has Mainstream changed? A Topic Model insight

Margherita Redigonda

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Abstract: This paper has two aims: to explore the suitability of computational tools in order to get a description of long-term evolution of mainstream economics and to test the "mainstream pluralism" hypothesis. A topic model is developed using full-text from papers published in a sample of top economics journals and the hierarchical Stochastic Block Model algorithm. The model is able to replicate many qualitative facts about the history of mainstream economics. Finally, the reason of the failure to test for the "mainstream pluralism" hypothesis are discussed.

Date: 2023-12-10
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