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Revisiting Friedman’s 'On the methodology of positive economics' ('F53') [PDF]
Methodus, 2021 In this paper, I shall defend two main claims. First, Friedman’s famous paper “On the methodology of positive economics” (“F53”) cannot be properly understood without taking into account the influence of three authors who are neither cited nor mentioned ...
Hoyningen-Huene, Paul
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The Positive Economics of Methodology [PDF]
Journal of Economic Theory, 1996 Abstract Does an observation that is consistent with a theory constitute stronger evidence for that theory if it was made after the theory was proposed rather than before (when the observation might have influenced the theory's formation)? How and why might the research strategy of theorizing prior to observation affect the conditional probability ...
James A. Kahn +2 more
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The positive economics of corporatism and corporate governance [PDF]
, 2000 This paper presents a positive model which shows that institutional setups on capital and labor markets might be intertwined by politicoeconomic forces. Two politicoeconomic equilibria arise from our model, one with little protection of insiders on capital and labor markets, and another one with an institutional bias toward favoring insiders on both ...
Fehn, Rainer, Meier, Carsten-Patrick
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A positive theory of economic fairness [PDF]
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1996 Abstract This paper presents a positive theory of economic fairness which strives for generality by characterizing the fairness values which people share across differing contexts. The study attempts to isolate these underlying values from the more situation-specific perceptual effects (e.g., framing effects) which may have an impact on reported ...
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Economics as a Discipline of Instrumental Reason. Looking at Economics as a Science from the Perspective of the Frankfurt School of Philosophy [PDF]
, 2015 The article is built around the analysis of The critique of instrumental reason by Horkheimer, applied to issues connected with the philosophy of economics.
Komusińska, Jagoda
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‘Economics with training wheels’: Using blogs in teaching and assessing introductory economics [PDF]
, 2011 Blogs provide a dynamic interactive medium for online discussion, consistent with communal constructivist pedagogy. This paper explores the use of blogs in the teaching and assessment of a small (40-60 students) introductory economics paper.
Cameron, Michael Patrick
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The Position of Heterodox Economics in Economic Science [PDF]
Pénzügyi Szemle = Public Finance Quarterly, 2021 In economic science dominate orthodox economics (mainstream economics respectively neoclassical economics). Despite its numerous intellectual failures, orthodox economics continue to prevail in teaching at universities. A certain alternative to orthodox economics is heterodox economics, which consists of three groups of theoretical approaches ...
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Apriorist self-interest: How it embraces altruism and is not vacuous [PDF]
, 1997 This essay is part of an attempt to reconcile two extreme views in economics: the (neglected) subjective, apriorist approach and the (standard) objective, scientific (i.e., falsifiable) approach.
Lester, J. C.
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Alfred Marshall’s Puzzles. Between Economics as a Positive Science and Economic Chivalry [PDF]
, 2015 Alfred Marshall’s approach to economics hides a paradox. On one hand, the ‘father’ of neoclassical economics strongly favoured conducting economics as a positive science.
Dzionek-Kozłowska, Joanna
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Toward Choice-Theoretic Foundations for Behavioral Welfare Economics [PDF]
, 2007 Interest in behavioral economics has grown in recent years, stimulated largely by accumulating evidence that the standard model of consumer decision making provides an inadequate, positive description of human behavior. Behavioral models are increasingly
Bernheim, B. Douglas, Rangel, Antonio
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