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The Varieties of Subjectivism: Keynes and Hayek on Expectations

Butos, William N.; Koppl, Roger G. - EconWPA - 1995

J.M. Keynes and F.A. Hayek had different economic ideas even though both were subjectivists seriously engaged with issues of time and uncertainty in economics. The source of the difference between their economic ideas was the difference between their philosophical ideas. Keynes was a Cartesian...

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An e-Business Model Ontology for Modeling e-Business

Osterwalder, Alexander; Pigneur, Yves - EconWPA - 2002

-business models, we introduce a new e-Business Model Ontology. Using the concept of business models can help companies understand … generic e-Business Model Ontology (a rigorous definition of the e-business issues and their interdependencies in a company …-business management and IS Requirements Engineering. The e-Business Model Ontology is based on an extensive literature review and …

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Collective and individual rationality: Robert Malthus’s heterodox theodicy

Denis, Andy - EconWPA - 2003

This paper forms part of a research project investigating conceptions of the relationship between micro-level self-seeking agent behaviour and the desirability or otherwise of the resulting macro-level social outcomes in the history of economics. I identify two kinds of conservative rhetorical...

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Ideologies, Beliefs, and Economic Advice - A Cognitive- Evolutionary View on Economic Policy-Making

Slembeck, Tilman - EconWPA - 2000

Economists often perceive the “ideological beliefs“ held by political actors as obstacles to rational policy-making. In contrast, it is argued that ideologies have characteristics that appear desirable in policy- making in that they allow political actors to credibly commit themselves to...

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Fundamental dimensions of U.S. trade policy

bohara, alok k.; camargo, alejandro islas; grijalva, theresa - EconWPA - 2005

determines voting in the Senate, with the main dimension driven by economic interest, not ideology. Although two dimensions are …

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How Serious are Methodological Issues in Surveys? A Reexamination of the Clarence Thomas Polls^T

Armstrong, J. S.; Collopy, F. - EconWPA - 2005

methodology used in the surveys. As a result we concluded that the deteriorating opinions of Thomas were real. …

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OBSERVER-SUBJECT FEEDBACK: THE DYNAMICS OF THE UNOBSERVED ECONOMY

Feige, Edgar L. - EconWPA - 2005

This paper examines the role of “observer-subject feedback” namely the interaction effect between the social science observer and the subject being observed. When the observer is the government and the subject is a citizen, it is often the case that the subject may have incentives to distort...

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La question de l'accès au droit dans le cadre de la réforme de la justice : Vers une méthode comparative

Jacquinet, Marc - EconWPA - 2004

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How to Make Scientists Agree - An Evolutionary Betting Mechanism

Slembeck, Tilman - EconWPA - 2000

This paper proposes an evolutionary betting mechanism that refers to scientists' academic reputation. The mechanism provides incentives for theoretical and empirical researchers to work on joint projects, thereby producing more general findings and stylized facts that can be used in giving...

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The Disutility of International Debt: Analytical Results and Methodological Implications

Hannsgen, Greg - EconWPA - 2005

In dealing with the problematic relationship of morality to rational choice theory, neoclassical economists since Lionel Robbins have often argued that they can incorporate moral values into consumer theory by putting those values into the utility function. This paper tests the viability of such...

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