The Use of Simulations in Developing

Thomas Brenner () and Johann Peter Murmann ()

Papers on Economics and Evolution from Max Planck Institute of Economics, Evolutionary Economics Group

Abstract: The paper develops a simulation method that can be used to develop knowledge inductively and test hypotheses about causal processes in social systems. Combining existing simulation methods in novel ways, it describes in detail the uses and requirements for carrying out history-friendly simulation experiments. The second part of the paper illustrates the value of the methodology by developing inductively information about the precise causal impact of (1) the initial number of organic chemists at the start of the industry (1857) and (2) the responsiveness of the German university system on the German global market share in the synthetic dye industry in 1913.

Date: 2003-03
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