Arguably, one of the most important developments in the field of applied economics during the last decades has been the emergence of systematic policy evaluation, with its distinct focus on the establishment of causality.By contrast to the natural sciences, the objects of our scientific interest...

This article was written in recognition of the completion of the publication of the OEuvres économiques complètes of Léon Walras and his father, Auguste. Those writings are important because Auguste contributed concepts to his son?s ideas about economics and because the presentation of the...

Arguably, one of the most important developments in the field of applied economics during the last decades has been the emergence of systematic policy evaluation, with its distinct focus on the establishment of causality.By contrast to the natural sciences, the objects of our scientific interest...