theory. Finally, a focus on efficiency leads economists to ask questions that other social sciences ignore. These ingredients …

on his approach to measurement and theory. The paper closes with the transcription of a brief autobiographical talk by …

This essay examines the idea and potential of a computational approach to theory,' discusses methodological issues … and the exposition of computational results. We argue that the study of a theory need not be confined to proving theorems …

This essay reviews the development of neoclassical growth theory, a unified theory of aggregate economic phenomena that … was first used to study business cycles and aggregate labor supply. Subsequently, the theory has been used to understand … methodology to address various quantitative questions come up with essentially the same answer--evidence that the theory has a …

abandonment of economic theory in applied work in the "experimentalist paradigm." We document the changes implied by the changing …-55, 1974-75 and 2007-08. We also show that, despite the partial abandonment of theory by applied microeconomists, the labor …

explaining short-run fluctuations in GNP. Theory and the empirical evidence suggest that the existence of intellectual property …