ECONOMETRICS AND REALITY
Starting with a realist ontology the economic methodologist, Tony Lawson, argues that econometrics is a failed project. Apparently more sympathetic to econometrics, the philosopher of science, Nancy Cartwright, again from a realist perspective, nonetheless argues for conditions of applicability that are so stringent that she must seriously doubt the usefulness of econometrics. In this paper, I reconsider Lawson's and Cartwright's analyses and argue that realism supports rather than undermines econometrics properly interpreted and executed.
Authors: | Hoover, Kevin D. |
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Institutions: | Economics Department, University of California-Davis |
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