This paper uses interview data from retired households to inform a discussion about economic models of consumption. It is divided into two parts. In the first part, the economic models are described. The paper then discusses several different types of reasons for finding them unhelpful in...

Research Resource: CRESS, the Centre for Research on Simulation in the Social Sciences, is supported by the Economic and Social Research Council in order to increase awareness and use of simulation by social scientists. It will draw together and promote current research on the application and...

The contemporary structure of scientific activity, including the publication of papers in academic journals, citation behaviour, the clustering of research into specialties and so on has been intensively studied over the last fifty years. A number of quantitative relationships between aspects of...