Economics and Methodology: Crossing Boundaries 
Subtitle: Proceedings of the Iea Conference Held in Bergamo, Italy (Iea Conference Volume)
Contributors: International Economic Association (Corporate Author); Roger E. Backhouse (Editor); Daniel M. Hausman (Editor); Uskali Maki (Editor); Andrea Salanti (Editor)
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: March 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 466
ISBN-13: 9780312210991
Subjects: Methods Of Economic Analysis; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; Economics - General; Economics - Theory; International - Economics; International - General; Congresses; Economics; Methodology
Description: This volume brings economics and methodology closer through a series of six methodological case-studies, each of which is discussed by a practitioner in the relevant field as well as a specialist in methodology. The objective is a better understanding of economics as a scientific discipline and insights into the way methodological discussion can inform practice.

Among the topics discussed are: individualism in game theory, the concepts of involuntary unemployment and externalities, free riding as an economic mechanism, the scientific credentials of the debate over stabilization policy, and the construction of the theory of consumer demand.