This paper aims to present and discuss some values in theory construction and the resulting methodological and rhetorical strategies adopted by behavioral economics in search of improved explanations and predictions of choice behavior. Its point of departure is the conjecture that changes in...

The main purpose of this article is to contribute to a systematic exposition of some of the equilibrium unemployment theories: the theories of implicit contracts, those of efficiency wage and the negotiation theories. Our hypothesis is that in spite of the fact that these new theoretical...

O presente artigo procura contribuir à discussão acerca das origens da concepção de homem econômico. A partir de uma abordagem antropológica, que não deixa de ser histórica e filosófica, o trabalho recua temporalmente aos primórdios do cristianismo para verificar a emergência da ideia...

This paper explores some ontological and epistemological conditions of the emergence of the Veblenian system of political economy. For that, we refer to Foucault's archaeology of political economy, since it offers insights into some of the relations that help us to understand the underlying...

The paper examines the business cycle properties of a small set of real Brazilian macroeconomic time series using a variety of detrending methods. It is shown that both quantitatively and qualitatively “stylized facts” of Brazilian business cycle vary widely across detrending methods and...

This paper gives a general view of the new macroeconomics: the new Keynesian macroeconomics, the real business cycle models and the analysis of credibility of monetary policy. An outline of the chief technical features that distinguish the new Keynesian and the real business cycle formulations...

The objective of this paper is to bring elements from the philosophical movement of hermeneutics and pragmatism to the discussion on methodology in economics, with a specific concern on the theory of truth. Our aim is to present the concept of the hermeneutic space as a way to overcome the void...

O artigo tem por objeto a discussão sobre a pertinência das críticas que assinalam haver o estruturalismo cepalino subestimado as variáveis de ordem política em suas análises. Na primeira parte, em nível mais abstrato, aborda a controvérsia procurando esclarecer a relação entre...

This paper discusses alternative conceptions of time and scrutinises the ideas of crucial choice, determinism and equilibrium. The relevant notion is that of historical time, where time is seen as irreversible, flowing from the irrevocable past to an unknown future, like an arrow. This notion is...

From a methodological perspective, the paper aims to introduce a relativization of the dilemma stability versus unstability in the economic science. Although it was announced by Vercelli (1991), it is not well developed in Economics. While the mainstream regards the economic system as having an...