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Incorporating economic multipliers in a bid adjustment algorithm for public food procurement decision making

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract We present an adjusted bid price mechanism that incorporates economic multiplier effects in public food procurement decision making. Under Input–Output model assumptions, the algorithm estimates enhanced tax revenues to state governments through multiplier effects associated with in‐state supplier purchasing.
Todd M. Schmit, Xiaoyan Liu
wiley   +1 more source

Contrapuntos en torno al concepto, metodología y enseñanza de la economía: notas críticas para comprender la construcción y transmisión del conocimiento en las ciencias económicas

open access: yesCiencias Económicas, 2017
Without wishing to discredit or devalue efforts in building the economic theory, this article aims to destabilize the notion of the concept conventional economics as a science and (de)build it to transcend scarcity as object study of it; and unravel the ...
Isaac Enríquez Pérez
doaj   +1 more source

Economics cannot isolate itself from political theory: a mathematical demonstration [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2016
The purpose of this paper is to provide a confession of sorts from an economist to political science and philosophy. A confession of the weaknesses of the political position of the economist. It is intended as a guide for political scientists and philosophers to the ostensible policy criteria of economics, and an illustration of an argument that ...
arxiv  

Economics Is a Moral Science

open access: yesJournal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, 2016
This paper introduces a value-based approach to economics. It begins with the proposal to change the definition of economics. Whereas the standard approach focuses on the problem of scarcity the value-based approach studies the realization of values. Its subject is the right thing to do in all kinds of situations, like the realization of a good home ...
openaire   +4 more sources

Science and Ideology in Economic, Political, and Social Thought [PDF]

open access: yes, 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 ...
) Mishan1969   +53 more
core   +5 more sources

Dynamic changes in the structure and concentration of the international grain and oilseed trading industry

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper aims to describe the evolution of firm and industry strategies and to analyze detailed transaction data on the structure of the international grain trading industry. Specifically, data are developed from vessel nominations, and these were used to derive measures of concentration and determine how these change across selected ...
William W. Wilson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Multi-LLM-Agent-Based Framework for Economic and Public Policy Analysis [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv
This paper pioneers a novel approach to economic and public policy analysis by leveraging multiple Large Language Models (LLMs) as heterogeneous artificial economic agents. We first evaluate five LLMs' economic decision-making capabilities in solving two-period consumption allocation problems under two distinct scenarios: with explicit utility ...
arxiv  

What matters for agricultural trade? Assessing the role of trade deal provisions using machine learning

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper employs machine learning to determine which preferential trade agreement (PTA) provisions are relevant to agricultural trade patterns and the factors that may influence their adoption. Utilizing the three‐way gravity model, we apply plug‐in Lasso regularized regression to pinpoint predictive PTA provisions for agricultural trade ...
Stepan Gordeev   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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