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On the reception of Haavelmo's econometric thought

Hoover, Kevin D. - 2012

Trygve Haavelmo's The Probability Approach in Econometrics (1944) has been widely regarded as the foundation document … of modern econometrics. Nevertheless, its significance has been interpreted in widely different ways. Some modern … theory and data. Others credit Haavelmo with an approach that focuses on statistical adequacy rather than theoretical …

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An application of econophysics to the history of economic thought : the analysis of texts from the frequency of appearance of key words

Trincado, Estrella; Vindel, José María - 2015

This article poses a new methodology applying the statistical analysis to the economic literature. This analysis has never been used in the history of economic thought, albeit it may open up new possibilities and provide us with further explanations so as to reconsider theoretical issues. With...

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The meaning of failed replications : a review and proposal

Clemens, Michael A. - 2015

The welcome rise of replication tests in economics has not been accompanied by a single, clear definition of replication. A discrepant replication, in current usage of the term, can signal anything from an unremarkable disagreement over methods to scientific incompetence or misconduct. This...

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Philosophy of Austrian economics - extended cut

Linsbichler, Alexander - 2021

methodological characteristics of Austrian economics: Austrian action theory and interpretative understanding, a relatively …

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Business cycle theory and econometrics

Gregory, Allan W.; Smith, Gregor W. - 1995

business-cycle models. -- business cycles ; time-series econometrics …

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Revisiting the great ratios hypothesis

Chudik, Alexander; Pesaran, M. Hashem; Smith, Ron - 2022

The idea that certain economic variables are roughly constant in the long-run is an old one. Kaldor described them as stylized facts, whereas Klein and Kosobud labelled them great ratios. While such ratios are widely adopted in theoretical models in economics as conditions for balanced growth,...

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Karl Brunner's philosophy of science : macroeconomics through the lens of logical empiricism

Hoover, Kevin D. - 2018

econometrics, microfoundations, and the New Classical macroeconomics. …

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Tractable falsifiability

Gradwohl, Ronen; Shmaya, Eran - 2013

inconsistent with a theory, there must be a "short proof" of this inconsistency. We model the concept of a short proof using tools …

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Zur Methodik der Verfassungsökonomik : die Aufgabe eines vertragstheoretisch argumentierenden Ökonoms

Märkt, Jörg - 2002

Der Beitrag stellt die Aufgabe des verfassungsökonomisch argumentierenden Wissenschaftlers vor. Der Verfassungsökonom sucht nach Möglichkeiten der gemeinsamen Besserstellung für die Bürger, die sich insbesondere durch Reformen der die Ordnung bildenden Regeln ergeben. Seine Vorschläge sind...

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Science and ideology in economic, political, and social thought

Hillinger, Claude - 2006

This paper has two sources: One is my own research in three broad areas: business cycles, economic measurement and social choice. In all of these fields I attempted to apply the basic precepts of the scientific method as it is understood in the natural sciences. I found that my effort at using...

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