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Old Institutionalism Vs. Mainstream Economics: An Intellectual [PDF]
Faslnāmah-i Pizhūhish/Nāmah-i Iqtisādī, 2015 In the arena of Economic thought, there has always been some intellectual confrontation between the two major economic schools, i.e. Institutionalism and Neoclassical economics.
Mahmoud Mashhadi-Ahmad
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La evolución de la historia económica desde 1950: de cliometría hasta cliodinámica
Revista Tiempo & Economía, 2015 This paper analyzes the evolution of economic history in the last 65 years. It argues that economic history has followed a path that goes from the strictly use of standard economics applied to economic past (i.e.
Javier Mejía
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The Strength of the Veblenian Critique of Neoclassical Economics
, 2009 More than one hundred years ago, Thorstein Veblen wrote a powerful critique of neoclassical economics that castigated the discipline for turning the individual into a “lightning calculator of pleasures and pains, who oscillates like a homogeneous globule”
Semov, Svetoslav I.
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THE URBANOLOGISTS COME TO TOWN: Professional Life and Work in the Urban Solutions Industry
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract This article charts the upsurge of an eclectic global community of professionals new to the field of urban policy and governance, animated by playful and celebratory attitudes towards cities and urbanization: the urbanologists. It contributes to debates in critical urban theory and critical ethnographies of technology to problematize ...
Rachel Bok
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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Trust is both a prerequisite and a product of insurance, as insurance contracts are built on and create trust relations that enable a risk‐averse perspective towards the future. At the same time, insurer‐policyholder relationships are characterised by a persistent distrust, rooted in insurance economics and industry reputation. In this article,
Maiju Tanninen, Gert Meyers
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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BEHAVIOURAL AND NEOCLASSICAL ECONOMICS [PDF]
CES Working Papers, 2014 The purpose of this article is to analyze the relationship between the discipline of Behavioural Economics and the Neoclassical School. On the basis of the available literature, the paper aims to investigate if the two branches are totally opposite, or ...
Paula-Elena Diacon, Madalina Calance
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The Value of Time: Its Commodification and a Reconceptualization
Eidos. A Journal for Philosophy of Culture, 2017 The discourse about commodification of time indicates that under the current socio-economic regime important values get systematically ignored. This paper reviews literature about the value of time in classical political economy, neoclassical economics ...
Wolfgang J. Fellner
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The Approach of Ecological Economics [PDF]
This paper discusses the major tenets of ecological economics - including value pluralism, methodological pluralism, and multi-criteria policy assessment.
John M. Gowdy, Jon D. Erickson
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Economic Record, EarlyView.We evaluate a government‐funded matching policy for retirement savings contributions targeted at low‐ and middle‐income individuals. Using a difference‐in‐difference approach, we exploit administrative changes to the Australian Government's retirement contribution matching (co‐contribution) policy to identify the impact of the programme on savings ...
Kristen Sobeck, Robert Breunig
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Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Quantifying and improving the environmental performance (EP) of agriculture has become an urgent research and policy priority. Over the past three decades, frontier‐based analytical frameworks have been widely applied to evaluate farm‐level EP.
Fissha Asmare +5 more
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