Edmond Malinvaud and the Problem of Statistical Induction

Armatte Michel, Annie L. Cot (), Jacques Mairesse and Matthieu Renault
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Armatte Michel: CAK-CRHST - Centre Alexandre Koyré - Centre de Recherche en Histoire des Sciences et des Techniques - MNHN - Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Annie L. Cot: CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: In this article we follow, over his long career, the evolution of the reflections of Edmond Malinvaud on economic "science" and its relationship with the "problem" of statistical induction. To do so we largely rely on his own words by quoting his many articles addressing these issues. We consider in turn his views on statistical methods and structural econometrics, on apriorism versus empiricism, the Koopmans-Vining controversy on measurement with or without theory, econometric methods and the challenge of modelling, the Popperian temptation of a falsifiable economic science, the uneasy alliance between induction and expertise, understanding and advising. We conclude with Malinvaud's views on eclecticism, which he deems to be the only position able to meet, despite its rapid progress, the "advisory imperative" characterizing economics.

Keywords: Structural Econometrics; Statistical Induction; Data Analysis; Empiricism; Eclecticism; Economic policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-06-01
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Published in Annals of Economics and Statistics, 2017, Special issue in honnor of Edmond Malinvaud (1923-2015), 125/126, pp.79-111. ⟨10.15609/annaeconstat2009.125-126.0079⟩

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DOI: 10.15609/annaeconstat2009.125-126.0079

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