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Changing perceptions about experimentation in economics : 50 years of evidence from principles textbooks

Gunessee, Saileshsingh; Lane, Tom - In: Journal of behavioral and experimental economics 107 (2023), pp. 1-14

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The COherence and RElevance of CORE Econ's new benchmark model

Bowles, Samuel; Carlin, Wendy - In: Advances in economics education 2 (2023) 2, pp. 127-144

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Is economics an experimental science? A textbook perspective

Gunessee, Saileshsingh; Lane, Tom - 2020

Traditionally, students of economics have often been told that it is a non-experimental science. Using a quantitative and qualitative analysis of introductory economics textbooks, we track the historical evolution of this rhetoric from 1970 to the present day. We find that anti-experimental...

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Is economics an experimental science? : a textbook perspective

Gunessee, Saileshsingh; Lane, Tom - 2020

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012297595

How do principles textbooks treat the return to entrepreneurship? : the missing factor

Estill, John; Means, Tom S. - In: The journal of private enterprise 34 (2019) 3, pp. 35-42

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Rethinking the Relation between Government Spending and Economic Growth: A Composition Approach to Fiscal Policy Instruction for Principles Students

Goldsmith, Arthur H. - In: Journal of Economic Education 39 (2008) 2, pp. 153-173

Standard introductory textbook authors assert that an increase in government spending expands aggregate demand in the short run but also raises the interest rate and, thus, crowds out private investment in the long run. Because the decrease in investment results in a smaller capital stock,...

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What Economists Teach and What Economists Do

Colander, David - In: Journal of Economic Education 36 (2005) 3, pp. 249-260

in the micro principles textbooks. First, he summarizes the changes he sees happening in the profession. Second, he … discusses the stories that the principles textbooks tell in micro. Third, he discusses how those stories might change to reflect …

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"Telling Other Stories: Heterodox Critiques of Neoclassical Micro Principles Texts."

Cohn, Steve - EconWPA - 2001

This paper explores what a critical commentary on micro principles texts might look like, examining what is to be critiqued and how to do it.

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