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Revisiting Friedman’s “On the methodology of positive economics” (“F53”) [PDF]
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 ...
Paul Hoyningen‐Huene
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A new definition of and role for preferences in positive economics [PDF]
Positive economic models aim to provide truthful explanations of significant (aspects of) economic phenomena. While the notion of ‘preferences’ figures prominently in micro-economic models, it suffers from a remarkable lack of conceptual clarity and ...
Bart Engelen
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The New Political Economy: Positive Economics and Negative Politics
Although the region remains highly centralized, the tendency toward decentralization is quite strong. Not only is a larger portion of the general government budget executed from the subnational government level, the autonomy that these governments have ...
Soamiely Andriamananjara, John Nash
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‘The methodology of positive economics’ (1953) does not give usthemethodology of positive economics
Uskali Mäki
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Optimistic Attributional Style as a Predictor of Well-Being: Exploring the Mediating Roles of Gratitude and Savoring the Moment [PDF]
Background. The construct of attributional style refers to the specific ways people explain events, both positive and negative. Previous research has shown that optimistic attributional style (OAS) for negative events was reliably associated with low ...
Victoria A. Titova Grandchamp +2 more
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The article considers the problem of the division of economics into positive and normative, as well as its reinterpretation due to the assumptions of the theory of deterministic chaos for economic phenomena and the functioning of the market. The research
Michał Mrowiec
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A positive economics view of short selling [PDF]
Robert J. Bianchi, Michael E. Drew
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The Second Fundamental Theorem of Positive Economics [PDF]
Anjan Mukherji
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Research on Positive Economic Framework in the Quran: A Case Study on the Positive Statements of Material and Spiritual Progress) [PDF]
The distinction between positive and normative has long history in economics methodology and some economists considered the separation of facts and values as criteria to science and non-science. In the case of Islamic economists, it was also claimed that
Amir Khadem Alizadeh +1 more
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