Economic methodology : an historical introduction /

Maas, Harro.

Economic methodology : an historical introduction / Harro Maas ; translated by Liz Waters. - xiii, 187 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-180) and index.

Introduction -- Economics: inductive or deductive science? -- Economics and statistics -- Business-cycle research: the rise of modelling -- John Maynard Keynes and Jan Tinbergen: the dramatist and the model-builder -- Milton Friedman and the Cowles Commission for Econometric Research: structural models and "as if" methodology -- Modelling between fact and fiction: thought experiments in economics -- Experimentation in economics -- Simulation with models -- Economics as science.

9780415822848 (hardback) 9780415858991 (pbk.)

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Economics--Methodology--History.
Economics--History.

HB131 / MAA

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