Does Macroeconomics Need Microeconomic Foundations?

The author argues that it is microeconomics that needs foundations, not macroeconomics. Preferences need to be built on biology, and, in particular, on neuroscience. In contrast, macroeconomics could benefit from rationalizations of aggregate economic phenomena by non-equilibrium statistical physics

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Year of publication:	2010
Authors:	Da Silva, Sergio
Publisher:	[2010]: [S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Mikrofundierung \| Microfoundations \| Ökonophysik \| Econophysics \| Neuroökonomie \| Neuroeconomics

Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (13 p)
Series:	Economics Discussion Paper ; No. 2009-3
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments 2009 erstellt
Other identifiers:	10.2139/ssrn.1726730 [DOI]
Classification:	C82 - Methodology for Collecting, Estimating, and Organizing Macroeconomic Data ; B41 - Economic Methodology ; B22 - Macroeconomics ; D87 - Neuroeconomics
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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