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Chameleons: The Misuse of Theoretical Models in Finance and Economics

Económica, 2014
In this essay I discuss how theoretical models in finance and economics are used in ways that make them “chameleons” and how chameleons devalue the intellectual currency and muddy policy debates.
P. Pfleiderer
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH – THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL ISSUES

The EUrASEANs: journal on global socio-economic dynamics, 2022
The economic growth of countries is influenced by many economic factors, as taken into account by mainstream economists in their models. However, economic growth (and economic development) is also influenced by various non-economic factors. Economist B.F.
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The New Economics of Religion

Social Science Research Network, 2016
The economics of religion is a relatively new field of research in economics. This survey serves two purposes--it is backward-looking in that it traces the historical and sociological origins of this field, and it is forward-looking in that it examines ...
Sriya Iyer
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Economic insecurity: theoretical approaches

2018
To the average householder the concept of economic insecurity needs no introduction. Most people will be familiar (or at least be able to empathize) with the sense of stress or anxiety that is associated with an uncertain financial future. Fear of events such as unemployment, losses in asset values, unexpected expenses and property crime detract from ...
Rohde, Nicholas, Tang, Kam Ki
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Theoretical economics of Richard Cantillon

Voprosy Ekonomiki, 2023
In his “History of economic analysis” Joseph A. Schumpeter emphasized the role of the sequence “Petty—Cantillon—Quesnay”. Recent research has showed that it was Cantillon, whose contribution within this sequence was crucial. The article is devoted to the scientific legacy of the author of the “Essay on the nature of trade in general” — the first ...
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A Brief Introduction to Blockchain Economics

Information for Efficient Decision Making, 2019
We introduce economic research on blockchains and its recent advances. In particular, we highlight unifying concepts on blockchain as decentralized consensus and its core benefits, (ii) equilibrium characterizations and allegedly irreducible tensions ...
Long Chen, L. Cong, Yizhou Xiao
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The Economics of Language

Journal of Economic Literature, 2018
This paper brings together methodological, theoretical, and empirical analysis into the framework of linguistic diversity. It reflects both historical and contemporary research by economists and other social scientists on the impact of language on ...
V. Ginsburgh, Shlomo Weber
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Spatial Economics: Theoretical Framework

2017
This chapter evaluates the theoretical framework within which analysis can be conducted by examining various regional development theories, including work by Myrdal and Friedmann; leading to Paul Krugman’s ‘New Economic Geography’ [NEG]. It became apparent that the NEG had not been used to analyse infrastructure development in any developing country ...
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Theoretical Issues in Economic Anthropology

Current Anthropology, 1969
While interest in economic anthropology grows rapidly, the creation of a widely accepted theoretical framework is impeded by the persistence-indeed, intensification-of disputes over conceptual issues. Part I of this paper clarifies the issues and explains why controversy persists.
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Theoretical Welfare Economics.

The Economic Journal, 1958
Paul A. Samuelson, J. de V. Graaff
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