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The Role of Computers in the Emergence of Experimental Economics Laboratories: Material Culture and Moral Economy

open access: yesŒconomia, 2023
The emergence of experimental economics laboratories is tied to adopting computers as key instruments for conducting experimental research in economics. Various ways in which computer technology as a new form of material culture in experimental economics
Andrej Svorenčík
doaj   +1 more source

ECONOMIC SCIENCE AND POLITICAL INFLUENCE [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of the European Economic Association, 2013
When policymakers and private agents use models, the economists who design the model have an incentive to alter it in order to influence outcomes in a fashion consistent with their own preferences. I discuss some consequences of the existence of such ideological bias.
openaire   +10 more sources

Transforming Cellulose Into Functional Three‐Dimensional Structures

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Cellulose is promising for replacing synthetic polymers due to its excellent mechanical properties and low cost. This review highlights the recent advancements in transforming cellulose into functional 3D structures, including liquid gels and porous materials.
Xia Sun   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

(WP 2018-05) Specialization, Fragmentation, and Pluralism in Economics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This paper investigates whether specialization in research is causing economics to become an increasingly fragmented and diverse discipline with a continually rising number of niche-based research programs and a declining role for dominant cross-science ...
Davis, John B.
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Is Economics an Empirical Science? If not, can it become one?

open access: yesFrontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics, 2015
Today’s mainstream economics, embodied in Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) models, cannot be considered an empirical science in the modern sense of the term: it is not based on empirical data, is not descriptive of the real-world economy ...
Sergio Mario Focardi   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Economists, scientific communities, and pandemics: An exploratory study of Brazil (1918–2020)

open access: yesEconomiA, 2021
The paper investigates historical aspects of the formation of the scientific community of economists in Brazil, taking the current research effort about the economics of Covid-19 as a starting-point of the narrative.
Mauro Boianovsky
doaj   +1 more source

Unassisted Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production Coupled with Selective Glucose Oxidation Using Metal Halide Perovskite Photoanodes

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A metal halide perovskite‐based photoanode integrated with a CoNiFe layered double hydroxide (LDH) cocatalyst is reported for selective glucose oxidation reaction (GOR), achieving simultaneous and unassisted photoelectrochemical hydrogen production. This system delivers high photocurrent density, excellent Faradaic efficiency of GOR, and strong techno ...
Shujie Zhou   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

What Was “It” that Robbins Was Defining? [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper argues that Robbins’ famous definition of economics was of “economic science” which he saw as only a narrow branch of the field of economics. The field of economics included both economic science—which his definition dealt with, and political ...
David COlander
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Recycling of Thermoplastics with Machine Learning: A Review

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This review shows how machine learning is revolutionizing mechanical, chemical, and biological pathways, overcoming traditional challenges and optimizing sorting, efficiency, and quality. It provides a detailed analysis of effective feature engineering strategies and establishes a forward‐looking research agenda for a truly circular thermoplastic ...
Rodrigo Q. Albuquerque   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Herbert Simon (1916-2001). The scientist of the artificial [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
With the disappearance of Herbert A. Simon, we have lost one of the most original thinkers of the 20th century. Highly influential in a number of scientific fields—some of which he actually helped create, such as artificial intelligence or information ...
Gobet, F
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