TY - JOUR
T1 - Applying economics, using evidence
AU - Backhouse, Roger E.
AU - Klaes, Matthias
PY - 2009/6
Y1 - 2009/6
N2 - Traditionally, evidence in economics has been seen in the context of theory choice. Much of recent methodological debate on the role of evidence has turned on the recognition that the status and role of evidence is somewhat more involved in economics than the conventional wisdom suggests. Rather than approaching this question in general terms from a starting point of philosophy of science or even science studies, our aim in this introduction to a symposium of articles on evidence in economics is to approach the question from the perspective of applied economics.
AB - Traditionally, evidence in economics has been seen in the context of theory choice. Much of recent methodological debate on the role of evidence has turned on the recognition that the status and role of evidence is somewhat more involved in economics than the conventional wisdom suggests. Rather than approaching this question in general terms from a starting point of philosophy of science or even science studies, our aim in this introduction to a symposium of articles on evidence in economics is to approach the question from the perspective of applied economics.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=70449602527&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13501780902940711
DO - 10.1080/13501780902940711
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:70449602527
SN - 1350-178X
VL - 16
SP - 139
EP - 144
JO - Journal of Economic Methodology
JF - Journal of Economic Methodology
IS - 2
ER -