Assumptions in Empirical Economics

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Chapter 3 in Economics as Anatomy, 2019, pp 28-41 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: The physicists were shocked at the assumptions the economists were making – that the test was not a match against reality, but whether the assumptions were the common currency of the field. I can just see Phil Anderson, laid back with a smile on his face, saying, ‘You guys really believe that?’ W. Mitchell Waldrop

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Research Methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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