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Contemporary Methods and Austrian Economics (Hardcover)
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Contemporary Methods and Austrian Economics (Hardcover)
Series: Advances in Austrian Economics
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Austrian economics is known for extensive-and many economists would
say excessive-ruminations on methodology. Attempting to steer a
middle course between radical forms of historicism (there are no
economic laws) and scientism (economic laws are as precise as
physical laws), this approach often appears to diminish the
importance of empirical testing and quantitative methods more
generally. Since the Austrian revival of the 1970's, social
scientists have developed a number of new theoretical and empirical
approaches to studying the social world. Experimental and
behavioral economics have exploded in popularity. Econometrics has
arguably taken a more central role in the discipline than even
formal economic theory. And, most prominently, econometricians have
developed quasi-experimental techniques for examining real-world
data as part of the "credibility revolution." This volume,
Contemporary Methods and Austrian Economics, examines the
relationship between Austrian economics and these new social
scientific methods. Do Austrian critiques of the excessive
ambitions of formal theory and empirical measurement still hold
water (if they ever did)? Do the findings of these new approaches
bolster or undermine distinctively Austrian theories? How should we
update our views on the relationship between abstract economic
theory and empirical investigations?
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