Truth versus precision in economics

Main Author: Mayer, Thomas, 1927-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Aldershot, Hants, England: E. Elgar, 1993
Series:Advances in economic methodology
Subjects:
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Economists as Economic Agents: Towards a Positive Theory of Methodology -- 3. Two Types of Mainstream Economics -- 4.Honour them Both -- 5. Truth versus Precision -- 6. Other Types of Damage -- 7. New Classical Theory - General Characteristics -- 8. New Classical Theory - Specific Hypotheses -- 9. Model or Die -- 10.Empirical Testing: Driving a Mercedes down a Cow-track -- 11. Good Dentists or Bad Physicists?
Physical Description:x, 192 p. ; 23 cm.
ISBN:1852785527