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¿Se encuentra la ciencia económica en México en la vanguardia de la corriente dominante?

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  • Castañeda, Gonzalo

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In this essay it is argued that mainstream economics is not a monolithic block but instead it is composed by an orthodox nucleus, where neoclassical thinking prevails, and a set of approaches on the edge that share with the orthodoxy their interest for formal modeling (mathematical, computational or statistical), and for analyzing micro behavior to describe aggregate phenomena. By reviewing bibliographic references in the RePEc data base, it is found that worldwide research using approaches on the edge of mainstream economics grew substantially in the period 2000-2012, while this type of research is relatively rare in Mexico. This lack of plurality is also reflected in the country’s study programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels, where the curricular structure is limited mainly to an orthodox perspective and, in few cases, to an heterodox focus (i. e., outside mainstream).// En este artículo se argumenta que la corriente dominante en economía no es un bloque monolítico sino que, más bien, se compone de un núcleo ortodoxo en el que prevalece el pensamiento neoclásico y un conjunto de enfoques de vanguardia que comparten con la ortodoxia su interés por la modelación formal (matemática, computacional o estadística) y por el análisis del comportamiento micro para describir fenómenos agregados. Al revisar las fichas bibliográficas de la base de datos de RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) se encuentra, por un lado, que las investigaciones que se realizaron a nivel mundial con enfoques de vanguardia tuvieron un gran crecimiento en el periodo 2000-2012 y, por otro, que las investigaciones económicas de índole vanguardista en México son relativamente escasas. Esta falta de pluralidad también se refleja en los programas de licenciatura y posgrado de las universidades mexicanas, en donde la estructura curricular se limita la mayoría de las veces a planteamientos ortodoxos y en unos cuantos casos a tratamientos heterodoxos (es decir, que se ubican fuera de la corriente dominante)

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  • Castañeda, Gonzalo, 2015. "¿Se encuentra la ciencia económica en México en la vanguardia de la corriente dominante?," El Trimestre Económico, Fondo de Cultura Económica, vol. 0(326), pages .433-483, abril-jun.
  • Handle: RePEc:elt:journl:v:82:y:2015:i:326:p:433-483
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.20430/ete.v82i326.171
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    metodología; epistemología de la investigación económica; estructura curricula; sistemas complejos; México;
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    JEL classification:

    • B4 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology
    • B5 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches
    • A2 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics

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