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Models, fictions and explanations: A study in historical epistemology of economics [PDF]
Filozofija i Društvo, 2013 This paper examines the standard criticism of the neoclassical economic theory that takes mathematical formalism and the practice of modelling as the most problematic aspect of orthodox economics. The aim of the paper is to explore the epistemic
Žitko Mislav
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(WP 2015-03) Lawson on Veblen on Social Ontology [PDF]
, 2015 This paper discusses Lawson’s use of Veblen’s concept of ‘neoclassical economics’ and argument that the category of neoclassical economics should be jettisoned on the grounds that it obfuscates effective critique of mainstream economics.
Davis, John B.
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Women in development: a critique of neo-classical economic theory as one of the causes for gender inequality [PDF]
, 2020 This research reviews and critiques neoliberalism and neoclassical economics for them being one of the main causes for the subordination and oppression of women.
El Morally, Reham
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How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan +3 more
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Economics of Productive Consumption as an Off shoot of Main Currents of Economic Theory [PDF]
ACTA VŠFS, 2019 This article presents economics of productive consumption (EPC) as a relatively new and forward-looking trend in economic theory that reacts to the modern expansion in services associated with the acquisition, retention, and application of human ...
Radim Valenčík, Petr Wawrosz
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Confessions of a Poverty Researcher: My Journey Through the Foothills of Scholarship
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper describes the key events, experiences and ideas that influenced the author's career as a poverty researcher. He describes how his early disillusion with economics was replaced by a spark of interest in social issues and how his migration from the UK to Australia in the mid‐1970s provided the impetus to begin what became a lifetime ...
Peter Saunders
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Efficient Use of Behavioral Tools to Reduce Electricity Demand of Domestic Consumers
Scientific Annals of Economics and Business, 2016 Purpose: The present study investigated the main literature on the subject of methods and policies for reducing the electricity demand of domestic consumers, in order to identify the place of behavioral tools.
Elbaz Shimon, Zaiţ Adriana
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Empowering young people: Powerful knowledge in economics
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Powerful knowledge in school economics is conceptualised as the blending of economics knowledge arising from grasping threshold concepts with expressions of disciplinary thinking in terms of the powers or capabilities that this knowledge can provide to students who possess it.
Emanuel Mizzi
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Interdependent preferences and policy stances in mainstream economics
Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics, 2009 An individual's preferences are interdependent when they can be influenced by the behaviour of other agents. This paper analyzes the internal dynamics of an approach in contemporary economics allowing for interdependent preferences, the extended utility
François Claveau
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On the Applicability of the Advocacy Coalition Framework for Analyzing EU Policy Processes
European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Initially developed for the US context, the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) is increasingly used to analyze policy processes in the EU. But policymaking in EU differs from the US context, why the applicability of ACF in the EU context should be scrutinized.
Fredrik von Malmborg
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