Theory Versus Application: Does Complexity Crowd out Evidence? Theory Versus Application: Does Complexity Crowd out Evidence?

Theory Versus Application: Does Complexity Crowd out Evidence‪?‬

Southern Economic Journal 2005, Jan, 71, 3

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Beschreibung des Verlags

Winnowing theories by appeals to evidence is a practice that dates to the beginnings of modern science. Here we test the hypothesis of Donald F. Gordon (1955) that complex mathematical statements are less operational than other economic statements.

GENRE
Business und Finanzen
ERSCHIENEN
2005
1. Januar
SPRACHE
EN
Englisch
UMFANG
22
Seiten
VERLAG
Southern Economic Association
ANBIETERINFO
The Gale Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation and an affiliate of Cengage Learning, Inc.
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