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The goal of scientific work is to understand more and more by less and less. In this effort, theoretical unification plays a large part. There are two main types of theoretical unification - unification of different theories of the same field of phenomena and unification of theories of different...
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economic behaviour will be interpreted as a sort of validity test of economic theory. …
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Whether a theoretical system is realistic or not has been a concern in economics, particularly in monetary theory, over … the past century. Following John R. Hicks' proposal that a realistic monetary theory could be constructed along an … basic theories of monetary analysis. Concentrating primarily on certain fundamental building blocks it covers: the theory …
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This article - designed to give readers unfamiliar with public choice a historical overview and flavor for the kinds of problems considered - is divided into three main sections, "historical origins," the "modern founders of MPE," and a brief description of some "current issues" studied by...
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Anläßlich der hundertsten Wiederkehr von Knut Wicksells Werk 'Geldzins- und Güterpreise' (1898) hat sich der Dogmenhistorische Ausschuß des Vereins für Socialpolitik auf seiner 18. Tagung dem bedeutenden Ökonomen gewidmet. Insbesondere die noch immer gültige Modernität der Aussagen...
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Der vorliegende Band der Studien zur Entwicklung der ökonomischen Theorie vereinigt die überarbeiteten Referate der 25 …
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In dem so geschichtsträchtigen Jahr 1848 erschienen John Stuart Mills 'Principles of Political Economy - with Some of Their Applications to Social Philosophy'. Die 150. Wiederkehr dieses Ereignisses von nachhaltigem Einfluß auf das ökonomische, ja auf das gesellschaftspolitische Denken in...
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In this paper the view of humankind and nature upon which the thinking of Malthus is founded will be reflected on and contrasted with the opposed understanding of his contemporary Wordsworth. We show that the economic considerations of both are based decidedly on the premise of these views, and...
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models. At the market level, Becker offers two major types of models: partial equilibrium models based on Price Theory as … possible intellectual influences on Becker's theory of marriage, compares Becker's research on marriage with that of some …
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ill health - of the theory are much exaggerated. In this article we provide a defence of the life-cycle framework as a …
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