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What about falsifiability? Further notes on Hausman's revision of the neoclassical economic methodology
Reuten, Geert - In: Journal of Economic Methodology 4 (1997) 2, pp. 297-302
Even if falsificationism in the strict Popper-Lakatos sense may be too harsh for economics, falsifiability and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005141340
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Do Voters Vote Sincerely?
Degan, Arianna; Merlo, Antonio - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - 2006
In this paper we address the following questions: (i) To what extent is the hypothesis that voters vote sincerely testable or falsifiable? And (ii) in environments where the hypothesis is falsifiable, to what extent is the observed behavior of voters consistent with sincere voting? We show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150192
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Do Voters Vote Ideologically?, Third Version
Degan, Arianna; Merlo, Antonio - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - 2007
In this paper we address the following question: To what extent is the hypothesis that voters vote “ideologically” (i.e., they always vote for the candidate who is ideologically “closest” to them) testable or falsifiable? We show that using data only on how individuals vote in a single...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150223
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Do Voters Vote Sincerely? Second Version
Degan, Arianna; Merlo, Antonio - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - 2006
In this paper we address the following question: To what extent is the hypothesis that voters vote sincerely testable or falsifiable? We show that using data only on how individuals vote in a single election, the hypothesis that voters vote sincerely is irrefutable, regardless of the number of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005102085
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Do Voters Vote Sincerely?
Degan, Arianna; Merlo, Antonio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
In this paper we address the following question: To what extent is the hypothesis that voters vote sincerely testable or falsifiable? We show that using data only on how individuals vote in a single election, the hypothesis that voters vote sincerely is irrefutable, regardless of the number of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662163
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Ségrégation et fragmentation socio-spatiale – L’épreuve de la mesure
Wachsberger, Jean-Michel - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2012
This note is a reflection on the meaning and scope of segregation and socio-spatial fragmentation indicators and, beyond, on the role of statistics in sociological reasoning. It shows that if these indicators can be used to test theories of segregation or fragmentation, they must nevertheless...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011166445
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How to state general qualitative facts in psychology?
Vautier, Stéphane - In: Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology 47 (2013) 1, pp. 49-56
In what form should qualitative psychological statements have to be in order to be general and falsifiable? I show how basic qualitative measurement systems can be defined that allow for the detection and testing of general relational facts of the if–then form in a well-defined range of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010843911
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Giffen's Paradox and Falsifiability
Welty, Gordon - EconWPA - 2004
the empirical status of microeconomic theory. We then turn to more general considerations of the falsifiability of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005134988
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Rationalization of Retail Gasoline Station Networks in Canada
Eckert, Andrew; West, Douglas - In: Review of Industrial Organization 26 (2004) 1, pp. 1-25
In Canada, as well as in the U.S., the rationalization of retail gasoline networks has been occurring since 1970 …. Rationalization may be the outcome of a competitive process or a tacitly collusive one. This paper provides a description of how … rationalization has played out in retail gasoline markets in Canada, and particularly in the Toronto area, from 1991 to 2002. We also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005705110
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A contribuição da Sociologia para a formação em Engenharia
i, António - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002
This article is based on the lesson presented in the scope of academy activities in the area of Sociology (at FCT-UNL). It is intended to approach the controversies concerning the relation between technology and society (technological determinism, effect on employment, importance of the social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005790101