economics and reality. More precisely, it asks how reality in the form empirical evidence does or does not influence economic … from general to specific. For the general perspective, I examine the following four points of view. First, economics is a … science. Second, economics is an art. Third, economics is a competition. Forth, economics politics. I then examine four …

Economics is not only a social science, it is a genuine science. Like the physical sciences, economics uses a …, economics stresses three factors that distinguish it from other social sciences. Economists use the construct of rational … have allowed economics to invade intellectual territory that was previously deemed to be outside the discipline's realm …

asset pricing, growth miracles and disasters, monetary economics, capital accounts, aggregate public finance, economic …

The analysis of historical natural experiments has profoundly impacted economics research across fields. We trace the …

Creation of empirical knowledge in economics has taken a dramatic turn in the past few decades. One feature of the new …

Cognitive Economics is the economics of what is in people's minds. It is a vibrant area of research (much of it within … Behavioral Economics, Labor Economics and the Economics of Education) that brings into play novel types of data--especially novel … Welfare Economics. A key theme of Cognitive Economics is finite cognition (often misleadingly called "bounded rationality …

study provides an overview of experimental methods in economics, with a special focus on developing an economic theory of …

Presenting data on all full-length articles published in the three top general economics journals for one year in each …