Does economic theory need more evidence? A balancing of arguments

Journal of Economic Methodology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 441-463

  Anand, Paul ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Counterfactuals; Economic methodology; Foundations of economic theory; Philosophy of science; Role of evidence; Theory acceptance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242592988     PISSN: 1350178X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1350178032000130457     Document Type: Article

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