TY  - BOOK
AU  - Spiegler,Peter
TI  - Behind the model: a constructive critique of economic modeling 
T2  - Strategies for social inquiry
SN  - 9781107706941 (ebook)
AV  - HB71 .S735 2015
U1  - 330.01 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Economics
KW  - Methodology
KW  - Evaluation
KW  - Mathematical models
KW  - Econometric models
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 Dec 2015)
N2  - This ambitious book looks 'behind the model' to reveal how economists use formal models to generate insights into the economy. Drawing on recent work in the philosophy of science and economic methodology, the book presents a novel framework for understanding the logic of economic modeling. It also reveals the ways in which economic models can mislead rather than illuminate. Importantly, the book goes beyond purely negative critique, proposing a concrete program of methodological reform to better equip economists to detect potential mismatches between their models and the targets of their inquiry. Ranging across economics, philosophy, and social science methods, and drawing on a variety of examples, including the recent financial crisis, Behind the Model will be of interest to anyone who has wondered how economics works - and why it sometimes fails so spectacularly
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107706941
ER  -