پیشرفت علمی مطالعات اقتصاد کلان ایران طی دوره 1379- 1386 : یک رویکرد روش شناختی[The Scientific Progress of Iran's Macroeconomic Research within 1999-2006: A Methodological Approach]

The aims of the present paper are: 1. Appraisal of scientific progress in Iranian macroeconomic works of research, using Laudan's methodological approach, named the problem-solving approach. 2. The process of improvement in macroeconomic works of research is due to interaction of these four major factors: views, evidence, technical methods, and macroeconomic scientific society. In this research, we have found that the majority of Iranian macroeconomic research works are on empirical applications, rather than intellectual problems and most of them are not broad enough based upon sound and accurate data. To explore multidimensional aspects of macroeconomics, research works are focused on narrow spectrum of macroeconomic phenomena and those have not provided the background for scientific advancement in macroeconomic analyses. Often, the proposed views are not specific enough, and mathematical tools and econometric techniques are excessively being used and often they serve as goals rather than means of performing research.