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Do the Values of Economists Matter in the Art and Science of Economics?
van Dalen, Hendrik P. - 2019
What role do personal values play in the practice of economists? By means of a survey among economists working inside … values summarize the value structure of economists: achievement, serving the public interest, and conformity to rules … economists who value achievement are the ones who are more likely to embrace mainstream methodological principles: thinking …
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Harming Irreparably : Economists, Neoliberalism, and the Matter of Kaldor-Hicks
DeMartino, George - 2015
the world economy, was advocated by leading Austrian, Chicago School neoclassical, and New Keynesian economists, despite … in their advocacy, economists contributed to the imposition of serious harm. Often the harm befell the most vulnerable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013025612
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The Economics of Ronald Coase
Veljanovski, Cento - 2020
Ronald Coase (1910-2013), who sadly died at the remarkable age of 102, made significant contributions to economics based on common sense and the detailed study of his topics. Coase was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1991 “for his discovery and clarification of the significance...
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On the Fitness between Law and Economics - Or Sunstein between Posner and Calabresi
Esposito, Fabrizio - 2021
This article strengthens Calabresi’s call for a bilateral relationship between law and economics with two claims. The first claim is that the fitness analysis of Law and Economics (“concept-based fitness”) requires studying legal reasons and reasoning. This is a remarkable difference with...
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A Counter-Reply to Professors Bankman and Weisbach
Sanchirico, Chris William - 2011
In “A Critical Look at the Economic Argument for Taxing Only Labor Income,” I challenge the tax substitution argument, which according to accepted wisdom fairly establishes that it is best to tax only labor earnings. A portion of Critical Look is directed at Professors Bankman and Weisbach's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013121690
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Who said or what said? : estimating ideological bias in views among economists
Javdani, Mohsen; Chang, Ha-joon - 2019
economists in 19 countries, we examine the effect of ideological bias on views among economists. Participants were asked to … evaluate statements from prominent economists on different topics, while source attribution for each statement was randomized …-/non-mainstream, or removing them, significantly reduces economists' reported agreement with statements. This contradicts the image …
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The Weber-Wieser connection : early economic sociology as an interpretative skeleton key
Kolev, Stefan - 2017
recently. However, this literature as conducted by Weber scholars and by Austrian economists exhibits two major deficiencies …
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Who Said or What Said? Estimating Ideological Bias in Views Among Economists
Javdani, Mohsen - 2019
economists in 19 countries, we examine the effect of ideological bias on views among economists. Participants were asked to … evaluate statements from prominent economists on different topics, while source attribution for each statement was randomized …-/non-mainstream, or removing them, significantly reduces economists' reported agreement with statements. This contradicts the image …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012859734
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How the Publish-or-Perish Principle Divides a Science : The Case of Academic Economists
van Dalen, Hendrik P. - 2020
funds, teaching, administration) is associated with different attitudes towards science and the workplace among economists … working at Dutch universities. Based on latent class analysis one can detect a clear divide among economists. Approximately … two thirds of the economists perceives that this pressure has more downsides than upsides and one third only perceives …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012825171
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Who Said or What Said? Estimating Ideological Bias in Views Among Economists
Javdani, Mohsen - 2019
economists in 19 countries, we examine the effect of ideological bias on views among economists. Participants were asked to … evaluate statements from prominent economists on different topics, while source attribution for each statement was randomized …-/non-mainstream, or removing them, significantly reduces economists' reported agreement with statements. This contradicts the image …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012890296