The fragility of a discipline when a model has monopoly status

被引：10
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作者：
Levy, David [1 ]
Peart, Sandra [2 ]
机构：
[1] George Mason Univ, Ctr Study Publ Choice, Fairfax, VA 22030 USA
[2] Baldwin Wallace Coll, Dept Econ, Berea, OH 44017 USA
来源：
REVIEW OF AUSTRIAN ECONOMICS | 2006年 / 19卷 / 2-3期
关键词：
Central planning; Economic forecasts; Preferences over estimates; Robust political economy;
D O I：
10.1007/s11138-006-7344-5
中图分类号：
G40 [教育学];
学科分类号：
040101 ; 120403 ;
摘要：
We consider the consequences of a scientific literature with only one model of an important phenomenon. The falsification of the model would mean falsification of the science. Scientists who would prefer not to have their discipline falsified will be tempted to find ad hoc explanations to excuse the failure. To test this hypothesis we propose a study of the economic forecasts of the comparative Soviet and American growth rates in the years before a public choice model of central planning was a viable alternative to the public interest model.
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页码：125 / 136
页数：12
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