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Austrian Economics, Evolutionary Psychology and Methodological Dualism: Subjectivism Reconsidered
Vanberg, Viktor J. - 2004
The methodological individualism and subjectivism of the Austrian tradition in economics is often associated with a methodological dualism, i.e. the claim that the nature of its subject matter, namely purposeful and intentional human action, requires economics to adopt a methodology that is...
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Fundamental questions on the economics of climate adaptation: Outlines of a new research programme
Heuson, Clemens; Gawel, Erik; Gebhardt, Oliver; … - 2012
In view of the failure of international negotiations on climate protection and the improbability of a trend reversal in the climate changes that have already occurred, the option of climate change adaptation is becoming more and more important in climate change policy. A large number of...
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A decade (and a global financial crisis) after Blinder: The interaction between researchers and policy-makers in central banks
Bussière, Matthieu; Stracca, Livio - 2010
Periods of economic and financial stress traditionally give rise to profound changes in economic theory and in the way …
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Israel M. Kirzner: An Outstanding Austrian Contributor to the Economics of Entrepreneurship
Douhan, Robin; Henrekson, Magnus; Eliasson, Gunnar - 2006
Kirzner defines the entrepreneurial function. In order to better understand his theory, we posit Kirzner's notion of an …
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Ein Baltendeutscher bei den Preußen des Balkans: Oskar Anderson und das Sofioter Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (SWIFO)
Kolev, Stefan - 2021
Theorie, empirische Methoden und angewandte Arbeit an Datensätzen verknüpfte. Er vernetzte sich international in den Kontexten … Rockefeller Foundation das "Statistische Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Staatlichen Universität Sofia" (SWIFO) und blieb …
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Economic history or history of economics? A review essay on Sylvia Nasar's Grand Pursuit: The story of economic genius
Ashenfelter, Orley - 2011
an economic history of the period from 1850-1950, with distinguished economists' stories inserted in appropriate places …. Nasar's goal is to show how economists work, but also to show that they are people too - with more than enough warts and …'s remarkably different conception in The Worldly Philosophers. I also discuss more generally the question of why economists might …
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How well are women represented at the AEA meeting? A study of the 1985 - 2010 programs
Cunningham, Rosemary; Zavodny, Madeline - 2012
The proportion female in the economics profession in the U.S. has been low historically compared with other disciplines. Although the percentage of Ph.D. degrees awarded to women and the representation of women on faculties have increased over time, economics still lags many other fields....
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Mehmet Genç (1934-2021)
Salzmann, Ariel - In: The Journal of European Economic History (JEEH) 51 (2022) 1, pp. 177-191
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First Author Determinants: An Empirical Analysis
van Praag, Mirjam; van Praag, Bernard M.S. - 2006
Alphabetic name ordering on multi-authored academic papers_new, which is the convention in theeconomics discipline and various other disciplines, is to the advantage of people whose lastname initials are placed early in the alphabet. As it turns out, Professor A, who has been afirst author more...
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