An application of econophysics to the history of economic thought: The analysis of texts from the frequency of appearance of key words

Estrella Trincado and José María Vindel

No 2015-51, Economics Discussion Papers from Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel)

Abstract: This article poses a new methodology applying the statistical analysis to the economic literature. This analysis has never been used in the history of economic thought, albeit it may open up new possibilities and provide us with further explanations so as to reconsider theoretical issues. With that purpose in mind, the article applies the intermittency of the turbulence in different economic texts, and specifically in three important authors: William Stanley Jevons, Adam Smith, and Karl Marx.

Keywords: econophysics; history of economic thought; bibliometrics; applications of statistical analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B16 B40 C18 Z11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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