The world in the model : how economists work and think
Mary S. Morgan
| Year of publication: |
2012
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| Authors: | Morgan, Mary S. |
| Publisher: |
Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge University Press |
| Subject: | Wirtschaftsmodell | Economic model | Wissenschaftliche Methode | Scientific method | Finanzmathematik | Mathematical finance | Wirtschaftswissenschaften | Mathematisches Modell |
| Description of contents: |
"This book describes a radical shift in the study of economic science, in which arguing with words was replaced by reasoning with mathematical models"--
Table of Contents [gbv.de]
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| Extent: | XVII, 421 S. Ill., graph. Darst. 26 cm |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index Machine generated contents note: 1. Modelling as a method of enquiry; 2. Model building: new recipes, ingredients and integration; 3. Imagining and imaging: creating a new model world; 4. Character making: ideal types, idealization and the art of caricature; 5. Metaphors and analogies: choosing the world of the model; 6. Questions and stories: capturing the heart of matters; 7. Model experiments?; 8. Simulating: taking a microscope to economics; 9. Model situations, typical cases and exemplary narratives; 10. From the world in the model to the model in the world. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-17619-4 ; 978-1-107-00297-5 |
| Classification: | Philosophie und Theorie der Volkswirtschaft ; Methoden und Techniken der Volkswirtschaft |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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