Neoclassical Economics: On PHiLES On Paper Subject definition

Deductive Model Exploration (Drafts Santabondio  meeting)

The Role of Plausibility in Economic Theory Studying the Theory of Consumer Behaviour (Timmer, M.)

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Neoclassical Economics: On Paper

Balzer, W., (1982), "Empirical Claims in Exchange Economics", in: Stegmueller, W., W. Balzer and W. Spohn (ed), Philosophy of Economics, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, Tokyo: Springer , pp. 16-40.

Balzer, W. and B. hamminga (eds.) (1989) Philosophy of Economics, Erkenntnis Vol 30, nr. 1-2. . Reprinted as Balzer, W. and hamminga, B. (1989) Philosophy of Economics, Dordrecht, Kluwer Academic Publishers ISBN 0-7923-0157-9, 270 pag. Contents.

Cools, K. (1993) Capital Structure Choice: Confronting (Meta)theory, Empirical Tests and Executive Opinion, Tilburg: Gianotten. Summary

de Marchi, N.B (1976) "Anomaly and the Development of Economics: the Case of the Leontief Paradox", in: S.Latsis (ed) Method and Appraisal in Economics London etc.:Cambridge University Press

de Marchi, N.B. and M. Blaug (ed) (1991) Appraising Economic Theories, Brookfield: Elgar Contents

hamminga, B. and W. Balzer (to appear) "Neoclassical Economic Equilibrium Basics", # Poznan Studies in the Philosophy of Science and the Humanities.

hamminga B. (1983) , Neoclassical Theory Structure and Theory Development, Studies in Contemporary Economics, Vol. 4, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, Tokyo: Springer.
Summary:
An empirical research into the development of the neoclassical theory of international trade 1933-1968, meant to test the validity of ideas on theory development prevalent in philosophy of science (Carnap, Popper, Lakatos, Kuhn, Sneed) and in economic methodology (Friedman, hid interpreters and his opponents). Most of these ideas turn out to have - at best - only a vague and devious relationship to the actual, real logic of the problem situation in this research programme as perceived by its leading and most successful economists. The inherent logic in the development of the programme is neatly described in informal symbolism. This logic (a "scheme of working") is claimed to hold for theoretical neoclassical research programmes in general. Chapters include "The emergence of interesting theorems", "Economic 'Normal Science' Centred Around Interesting Theorems", "Metatheory on Theory Structure and Theory Development in the Ohlin Samuelson Research Programme", "The Hypothesis of the Plausibility Strategy", "Problems of Econometrics", "Vice, Virtue and Rationality". A larger summary of the essentials is:

hamminga B. (1982) , "Neoclassical Theory Structure and Theory Development", in: Stegmueller, W., W. Balzer and W. Spohn (ed) Philosophy of Economics, Studies in Contemporary Economics Vol. 2, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, Tokyo: Springer 1-15.

hamminga B. (1992) , "Learning Economic Method from the Invention of Vintage-Models", in: de Marchi, N.B. (ed), Post-Popperian Methodology of Economics: Recovering Practice, Kluwer 327-54.

hamminga, B. and Balzer, W., (1986) , "The Basic Structure of General Equilibrium Theory", Erkenntnis, Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 31-46.

hamminga, B. and Balzer W. (2001) "The Basic Structure of General Equilibrium Theory", Poznan Studies in the Philosophy of Science and the Humanities, Vol 75. Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi 149-70

Jager, H. (1986) , "Falsificatie en plausibiliteit in de neoklassieke handelstheorie", in: W. Driehuis en R.A. de Klerk (red), Economie als spel, Leiden, Stenfert Kroese, 1986, ISBN 90-207-1513-5 71-92

Maki, U. (1991) "The Problem of Excess Content: Economics, Novelty and a Long Popperian tale, Comment" In: de Marchi, N.B. and Blaug, M. (eds) Appraising Economic Theories Hants, Brookfield: Edward Elgar 85-90

Weintraub, E.R.(1992) , "hamminga on Learning Economic Method from the Invention of Vintage-Models: Commentary" in: de Marchi, N.B.(ed), Post-Popperian Methodology of Economics: Recovering Practice, Kluwer 355-74.

Wong, S. (1978) The Foundations of Samuelson's Revealed Preference Theory, London etc.: Routledge & Kegan Paul