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In Search of Valid Results in a Complex Economic Environment

Bal, Frans; Nijkamp, Peter - 1998

The rapidly increasing dissemination of scientific results exhibits features of complex systems and brings also to light (seemingly) inconsistencies among research findings. At the same time, there is a fast growing interest in comparative studies and related research tools such as meta-analysis...

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Pluralism in Economics: A Public Good or a Public Bad?

van Dalen, Hendrik P. - 2003

A pluralist approach to economics is both necessary from anacademic as well a policy point of view. From an …) teaching the art of economicpolicy; (2) stress teaching economics by learning from the past;(3) teach by becoming imperialist … so that a conversationbetween discipline gets underway; (4) merge business andgeneral economics as the dividing line …

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Economics: An Emerging Small World?

Goyal, Sanjeev; van der Leij, Marco; Moraga, Jose Luis - 2004

1970's the world of economics was a collection of islands. Two decades later, in the 1990's the world of economics was much … individuals on the largest island had fallen significantly. Thus we believe that economics is an emerging small world … a large number of co-authors. Thus the economics world is a set of inter-connected stars.We take the view that …

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Materials, Capital, Direct/Indirect Substitution and Mass Balance Production Functions

van den Bergh, Jeroen C.J.M. - 1998

A foundation is provided for a correct and accurate analysis of the relationship between monetary values and physical dimensions in economic production. A distinction is proposed between direct and indirect substitution. Linked to this, a classification is offered of various types of...

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Entrepreneurship and Economic Transition

Aidis, Ruta - 2003

Identification of the entrepreneur's economic function has engaged economistsfor more than 200 years. In this paper we address the issue of entrepreneurship intwo distinct ways: a) as it has historically developed within the field of economicsand b) as it develops in the transitional context. In...

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Robust Ranking of Journal Quality: An Application to Economics

Chang, Chia-Lin; Maasoumi, Esfandiar; McAleer, Michael - 2013

Economics, in particular, based on the widely-used Thomson Reuters ISI Web of Science citations database (ISI). The paper … analyses 299 leading international journals in Economics using quantifiable Research Assessment Measures (RAMs), and highlights …

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Mobile Phone Data and Urban Analysis: An Exploratory Space – Time Study

Tranos, Emmanouil; Steenbruggen, John; Nijkamp, Peter - 2013

This paper discusses the value that data from mobile phone providers can bring into urban analysis. The novel argument is that the pervasiveness of mobile phone telephony has transformed mobile phones from a communications device to a tool for socio-spatial research. Put simply, mobile phone...

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Big Data, Computational Science, Economics, Finance, Marketing, Management, and Psychology: Connections

Chang, Chia-Lin; McAleer, Michael; Wong, Wing Keung - 2018

The paper provides a review of the literature that connects Big Data, Computational Science, Economics, Finance …

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Decision Sciences, Economics, Finance, Business, Computing, and Big Data: Connections

Chang, Chia-Lin; McAleer, Michael; Wong, Wing Keung - 2018

This paper provides a review of some connecting literature in Decision Sciences, Economics, Finance, Business …

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Are we overdiagnosing mental illnesses? Evidence from randomly assigned doctors

Bos, Marieke; Hertzberg, Andrew; Liberman, Andres - 2021

Almost two in 10 adults in the U.S. and Europe are, at any moment in time, diagnosed with a mental illness. This paper asks whether mental illness is over- (or under-) diagnosed, by looking at its causal effect on individuals at the margin of diagnosis. We follow all Swedish men born between...

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