Theories and Models in Economics

Hans Lind

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Abstract: This innovative book uses in-depth empirical studies of scientific articles and takes inspiration from Nobel laureates to explore how theories and models are used in economics. Hans Lind ultimately illustrates that economics studies a ‘chaos-theoretic’ system where a theory is a framework that helps formulate hypotheses rather than a set of statements about how an economy works.

Keywords: Economics and Finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
ISBN: 9781035332946
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Introduction and background to the empirical approach to methodology , pp 1-6

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Ch 2 What characterizes the object that Economics studies? , pp 7-23

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Ch 3 What economists do: (1) path-breaking contributions , pp 24-40

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Ch 4 What economists do: (2) contributions in “normal science” , pp 41-60

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Ch 5 How Economics develops over time: Kuhn versus Laudan , pp 61-66

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Ch 6 On theory in Economics , pp 67-76

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Ch 7 On models in Economics , pp 77-95

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Ch 8 How to make an idea credible: a case study of Krugman's New Trade Theory , pp 96-106

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Ch 9 Summary and implications , pp 107-115

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