A Realist Philosophy of Economics

EPUB and EPDF available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Economic theory relies heavily on the idea of rational action, but how are we to understand the empirical content of rational choice when we can only observe the outcome, not what goes into making the choice? With contributions from Alan...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Mittermaier, Karl, author (author)
Otros Autores: Kirman, Alan, contributor (contributor), Mittermaier, Isabella, contributor, O'Donnell, Rod, contributor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Bristol University Press [2023]
Edición:1st ed
Materias:
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009764840206719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • About the Author
  • Acknowledgements
  • Foreword
  • Extended Preface: A Realistic Attitude to the Economy
  • Prologue: Mittermaier's Conceptual Framework
  • Institutions and the Empirical Content of Economics
  • Ex Post and Ex Ante Facts
  • Structure and Equilibrium
  • Rational Action
  • Variant Conceptions of Preferences
  • The Genetic Understanding and Institutions
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index