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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Publisher Description

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 & Personal Finance
RELEASED
2005
1 January
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
22
Pages
PUBLISHER
Southern Economic Association
PROVIDER INFO
The Gale Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation and an affiliate of Cengage Learning, Inc.
SIZE
275.4
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