It's just a feeling: why economic models do not explain

Julian Reiss correctly identified a trilemma about economic models: we cannot maintain that they are false, but nevertheless explain and that only true accounts explain. In this reply we give reasons to reject the second premise -- that economic models explain. Intuitions to the contrary should be distrusted.

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Alexandrova, Anna ; Northcott, Robert
Published in:	Journal of Economic Methodology. - Taylor & Francis Journals, ISSN 1350-178X. - Vol. 20.2013, 3, p. 262-267
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis Journals

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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