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European Journal for Philosophy of Science
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March 1, 2026
This paper considers how one demarcates some domain of inquiry – a task often taken for granted. Taking inspiration from modeling practices in economics where equilibrium reasoning figures as central, I outline a conceptual framework for characterizing suc ...
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Journal of Economic Methodology
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January 1, 2025
Though the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) (a measure of market concentration) is often used as an indicator of market competitiveness, and while it is not uncommon to find regressions of HHI on price in the economic literature, [Miller, N., Berry, S., Sc ...
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Antitrust Bulletin
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December 1, 2024
Market definition is an important aspect of antitrust analysis, but the exercise requires designating each potentially relevant good as either completely in or out of the market. In a market with differentiated goods, this often necessitates making unsatis ...
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Philosophy of Science
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October 13, 2023
Economists often consult multiple models in order to combat model uncertainty in the face of misspecification. By examining modeling practices at the Bank of England, this paper identifies an important, but underappreciated modeling procedure. Sometimes an ...
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Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
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October 2022
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Erkenntnis
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April 1, 2021
In this paper, I draw a parallel between the stability of physical systems and that of economic ones, such as the US financial system. I argue that the use of equilibrium assumptions is central to the analysis of dynamic behavior for both kinds of systems, ...
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Philosophy of Science
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April 1, 2018
Philosophers sometimes claim that economics, and the idealizing strategies it employs, is ultimately unable to provide genuine laws of nature. Therefore, unlike physics, it does not qualify as an actual science. Careful consideration of thermodynamics, a w ...
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