From realism to instrumentalism - and back? Methodological implications of changes in the epistemology of economics
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Keywords
mechanism-based explanations; realism; instrumentalism; agent-based computational modeling; New Keynesian economics;JEL classification:
- B20 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925 - - - General
- B41 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology - - - Economic Methodology
- O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ALL-2016-06-25 (All new papers)
- NEP-HIS-2016-06-25 (Business, Economic & Financial History)
- NEP-HPE-2016-06-25 (History & Philosophy of Economics)
- NEP-NET-2016-06-25 (Network Economics)
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