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Beyond competing theories of the hidden economy: Some lessons from Moscow

Williams, Colin C.; Round, John - In: Journal of Economic Studies 38 (2011) May, pp. 171-185

Purpose – This paper aims to evaluate critically the validity of rival theorisations of the hidden economy that variously read this sphere as a leftover from a previous era, a by-product of a new emergent form of capitalism, a complement to formal employment or an alternative to the formal...

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The evolution of development economics and globalization

Piasecki, Ryszard; Wolnicki, Miron - In: International Journal of Social Economics 31 (2004) August, pp. 300-314

The legacy of the last 50 years of development economics is not very inspiring. In the 1960s and 1970s, instead of … looking at the real causes and viable solutions to poverty and underdevelopment, development economics was preoccupied with …. Despite its past problems, development economics has recently evolved to better reflect the realities of developing countries …

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Ethics and economic theory

Choudhury, Masudul Alam; Hoque, Mohammad Ziaul - In: International Journal of Social Economics 31 (2004) July, pp. 790-807

pioneered the area of micro-foundation of macro-economics. The great missing link in economic theory, both of micro-economics … and macro-economics, is the inability to methodologically integrate ethical and moral values through preference mapping …

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The mathematical economics of compound interest: a 4,000-year overview

Hudson, Michael - In: Journal of Economic Studies 27 (2000) September, pp. 344-363

Sketches the history of economic thought regarding the self-expanding growth of investments through the accrual of compound interest. Exercises that calculate such growth in terms of “doubling times” have already been found in Babylonian textbooks from c. 2000?BC. Although compound interest...

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Econometrics: an appraisal

Meerhaeghe, Marcel A.G. van - In: Journal of Economic Studies 27 (2000) September, pp. 316-325

Econometrics labours under the same limitations as economics: it rests on unrealistic hypotheses (and non …

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Mathematics in economics: the monopoly point of view?

Maks, Hans - In: Journal of Economic Studies 27 (2000) September, pp. 338-343

Describes how mathematics enjoyed a virtual monopoly as the privileged method of economic inquiry in the post-war period. Counters the argument that such a position generates negative consequences, such as monopoly rents and the abuse of dominant positions. Argues that competing schools of...

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Review article – Learning by Doing in Markets, Firms and Countries

Lamoreauxn, Naomi R.; Raff, Daniel M.G.; Temin, Peter - In: Journal of Economic Studies 26 (1999) October, pp. 497-509

Based on the proceedings of a conference organised by the National Bureau of Economic Research, Chicago, 1999. The Editors demonstrate, through contributions from business historians and economists, that “advanced research” has superceded the neo-classical theory of the firm.

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New evidence on Allyn Young’s style and influence as a teacher

Sandilands, Roger J. - In: Journal of Economic Studies 26 (1999) October, pp. 453-480

Reproduces the main texts of hitherto unpublished reminiscences of the style and influence, as a teacher, of Allyn Abbott Young (1876-1929) by 17 of his distinguished students. They include Bertil Ohlin, Nicholas Kaldor, James Angell, Lauchlin Currie, Colin Clark, Howard Ellis, Frank Fetter,...

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Mathematics in economics: the competition point of view

Silva, Joaquim Ramos - In: Journal of Economic Studies 27 (2000) September, pp. 326-337

, as opposed to concentrating on only one, is the best framework for the progress of economics. In particular, it increases …

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Hermann Heinrich Gossen: a Wirkungsgeschichte of an ignored mathematical economist

Ikeda, Yukihiro - In: Journal of Economic Studies 27 (2000) September, pp. 394-415

Considers a Wirkungsgeschichte of Hermann Heinrich Gossen, focusing on the reactions of the three stars of the Marginal Revolution: William Stanley Jevons, Leon Walras and Carl Menger. Although Hermann Heinrich Gossen is today known as one of the forerunners of the Marginal Revolution, it was...

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