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Research programs, model-building and actor-network-theory: Reassessing the case of the Leontief Paradox

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  • Justin Bledin
  • Sharon Shewmake

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Methodology of scientific research programs (MSRP), model-building and actor-network-theory (ANT) are woven together to provide a layered study of the Leontief paradox. Neil De Marchi's Lakatosian account examined the paradox within an Ohlin-Samuelson research program. A model-building approach rather highlights the ability of Leontief's input-output model to mediate between international trade theory and the world by facilitating an empirical application of the Heckscher-Ohlin Theorem. The epistemological implications of this model-building approach provide an alternative explanation of why Samuelson and other prominent economists ignored the paradox. By focusing on the network in which input-output analysis evolved, Bruno Latour's ANT further explains the response of international trade theorists.

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  • Justin Bledin & Sharon Shewmake, 2001. "Research programs, model-building and actor-network-theory: Reassessing the case of the Leontief Paradox," Journal of Economic Methodology, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 11(4), pages 455-476.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jecmet:v:11:y:2001:i:4:p:455-476
    DOI: 10.1080/1350178042000280630
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    1. Víctor Alexánder Díaz Espana, 2013. "¿Se cumple la teoría neoclásica del comercio internacional?: el caso de la economía colombiana entre 1980 y 2007," Revista Sociedad y Economía, Universidad del Valle, CIDSE, May.
    2. Robert S. Goldfarb & Jon Ratner, 2008. ""Theory" and "Models": Terminology Through the Looking Glass," Econ Journal Watch, Econ Journal Watch, vol. 5(1), pages 91-108, January.

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