The role of ideology in disagreements among economists: a quantitative analysis

Journal of Economic Methodology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 253-273

  Mayer, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias In Economics; Economics As Science; Ideology; Objectivity Of Economists; Value Judgments Of Economists

Indexed keywords

EID: 33244475453     PISSN: 1350178X     EISSN: 14699427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501780110047309     Document Type: Article

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