Methodology of Economics: A Survey of Matters and Methods

Ebrahim Hosseini Nasab ()
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Ebrahim Hosseini Nasab: Department of Economics, University of Tarbiat Modares, Tehran, Iran

Iranian Economic Review (IER), 2006, vol. 11, issue 1, 1-38

Abstract: In spite of some pessimistic attitudes towards methodology of economics, it has succeeded as a central theme in numerous books, refereed journals, international conferences and symposiums whose volume is increasing at an unprecedented rate. The proliferation of methodological literature also is accompanied by a proliferation of issues that concern: the goals of economics, realism of economics, mathematics and economics, history and economics, ontology and complexity. Economics usually is associated with the hypothetical deductive method. But short-term and cycle analysis of macroeconomics and classical analysis of long-term development do not depend on this method, instead they are carried out within the methodological frameworks of historical-deductive, empirical- inductive or dialectics. This paper focuses on the status and diversity of methodology in economics

Keywords: Methodology of Economics; Economics & Ontology; Economics and Mathematics; Goals of Economics; Complexity; Realism in Economics. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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