Reflexivity unpacked: Performativity, uncertainty and analytical monocultures

Journal of Economic Methodology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 343-349

  Bronk, Richard ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cognitive myopia; indeterminacy; performativity; self reinforcing feedback loops; shared narratives

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892700114     PISSN: 1350178X     EISSN: 14699427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1350178X.2013.859404     Document Type: Article

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