Does empirical work in economics both provoke and test theoretical models, or does model development proceed according … control models; and a wide-ranging evaluation of 'is there too little theory in development economics?' by leading development …

issues, communication, tools and methodology and interactions. It works on the basis that, by applying these key success …

methodology called Agent Relationship Morphism Analysis (ARMA) that goes beyond the limitations of the existing BPR methodologies …

, total quality management, and total technology management into a new methodology called total improvement management.  …

The language of economics is the language of models. Understanding the structure of this language offers many benefits … models in the context of the theory reduction and testing process. The structure is used to explain why there are several … legitimate ways to deal with nonspherical errors in econometric models and why the recent work on stochastic preferences and …

We investigate the methodology used in a significant genre of experimental economics, in which experiments are designed … to test theoretical models by implementing them in the laboratory. Using two case studies, we argue that such an …

Soft systems methodology (SSM) is an approach to modelling human activity systems that is becoming increasingly popular … can be modelled using SSM. Gives an overview of the methodology and its development, indicating the ways in which it can …