This paper illustrates on a simple model of production economy with constant returns the incoherence of the partial competitive equilibrium analysis. The conflict between the Marshallian cross and the general equilibrium, which survives under many proposed restrictions of our economic domain,...

A literature search shows that robust regression techniques are rarely used in applied econometrics. We present a technique based on Rousseeuw and Van Zomeren (Journal of the American Statistical Association, 85 (1990) 633–639) that removes many of the difficulties in applying such techniques...

The core economic functions of production and distribution of goods can be handled by many different methods. After the fall of communism, the market mechanism has become nearly universal. Conventional economic theories argue that this is natural, because it is the best and the most efficient...

Econometric Methodology is based on logical positivist principles. Since logical positivism has collapsed, it is necessary to re-think these foundations. We show that positivist methodology has led econometricians to a meaningless search for patterns in the data. An alternative methodology which...

This paper argues that scarcity is not the fundamental economic problem, but rather distribution is. It also shows that economic growth will not solve our economic problem. Islam offers a radically different perspective on human economic problems and how to solve them. These are exposited in the...

We draw on a newly collected historical dataset of fiscal variables for a large panel of countries — to our knowledge, the most comprehensive database currently available — to gauge the degree of fiscal prudence or profligacy for each country over the past several decades. Specifically, our...

Current Economics Textbooks and Economists justify a theory of consumer behavior based on utility maximization on a priori grounds. This methodology follows Lionel Robbins' idea that economic theory is based on logical deduction from postulates which are 'simple and indisputable facts of...

Our intent in this paper was to provide experimental evidence for the Gift Exchange Mechanism in the context of charitable donations in Pakistan. We chose a simple and elegant experiment of Falk as the basis for our experiment. Due to institutional differences, we replaced his postal campaign...

The paper quotes leading Islamic Economists who are saying that the field of Islamic Economics has gone astray, and abandoned the original vision and mission of the founders. In this article we argue that the main reason for the current crisis is that most Muslim economists have accepted too...