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The role of grounded theory in developing economic theory
Finch, John - In: Journal of Economic Methodology 9 (2001) 2, pp. 213-234
Grounded theory is examined as a means of undertaking economics research that aims at theoretical development and generalization rather than testing established theories. Grounded theory encompasses a set of procedures for undertaking and analysing case studies--qualitative and quantitative--in...
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The economist-as-audience needs a methodology of plausible inference
Goldfarb, Robert - In: Journal of Economic Methodology 2 (1995) 2, pp. 201-222
problems, the paper presents three case study examples of inference difficulties in specific literatures. It then proposes a …. Similarities are pointed out between the focus on inference problems in this paper, and the meta-analysis literatures in psychology …
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Rationality as optimal choice versus rationality as valid inference
Viskovatoff, Alex - In: Journal of Economic Methodology 8 (2001) 2, pp. 313-337
understanding of rationality as valid inference; cognitive psychologists similarly speak of the superiority of the 'reason …
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