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In this paper we explore three claims concerning the disciplinary character of economics by means of citation analysis …. The three claims under study are: (1) economics exhibits strong forms of intellectual stratification and, as a byproduct … mainstream economics is a highly self-referential intellectual project mostly inaccessible to disciplinary or paradigmatic …
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attempts to forge new ways to study the history of contemporary economics, and the role of science studies in providing a …
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Using the author's own experiences, this chapter shows how agent-based modeling (ABM) can address research questions common to many disciplines, facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration, provide a useful multidisciplinary tool when the math is intractable, and reveal unity across disciplines....
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the sociology of finance. -- Naturalism ; causation in economics ; neuroeconomics ; behavioral finance ; social ontology …Economics is increasingly adopting the methodological standards and procedures of the natural sciences. The paper … field of finance. The theory of finance is an interesting case in point for the methodological issues, as it manifests a …
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Regulatory arbitrage — defined as the manipulation of regulatory treatment for the purpose of reducing regulatory costs or increasing statutory earnings — is often seen in heavily-regulated industries. An increase in the regulatory nature of copyright, coupled with rapid technological...
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is argued that economics embraced a technocratic conception of politics and science. Philosophers, too, embraced and … philosophers and economics and that keep not just ethics, but virtue outside of economics. Many of these philosophers’ commitments … pure economics. So, in effect, this paper explores the origin and nature of a conceptual split between economics and ethics …
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