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How Did the Neoclassical Paradigm Conquer a Multi-disciplinary Research Institution?

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The paper analyses the social conditions of a disciplinary evolution and paradigmatic shift. It is based on the history of economics at the EHESS from 1948 to 2005. An analysis of the PhD committees database enables us to trace the importance and evolution of different economic paradigms within this institution. In the early eighties, the traditional interdisciplinary humanist economics was challenged by a new generation of neoclassical engineer-economists. Far from being a mere declination of a general trend in the discipline, this paradigmatic shift was largely contingent, resting on local context and the influence of a few key persons. The exhibition of international capital and the building of political alliances within the assembly were also key elements for the change and for the survival of the new lineage in a rather hostile environment.

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  • Godechot, Olivier, 2011. "How Did the Neoclassical Paradigm Conquer a Multi-disciplinary Research Institution?," Revue de la Régulation - Capitalisme, institutions, pouvoirs, Association Recherche et Régulation, vol. 10.
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    Keywords

    France; heterodox economics; higher education institutions; neoclassical economics; économie hétérodoxe; économie néoclassique; France; institution d’enseignement supérieur; economía heterodoxa; economía neoclásica; Francia; institución de enseñanaza superior;
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    JEL classification:

    • B0 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - General
    • B20 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925 - - - General
    • B31 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought: Individuals - - - Individuals
    • B50 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - General
    • I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
    • D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior

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