Conceptual anomalies in economics and statistics: lessons from the social experiment
Auteur :
Neuberg, Leland Gerson
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521070218
Date de publication :
31 juil. 2008
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,8 x 2,3 cm
Poids :
610 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book explores anomalies in the conceptual basis of such experiments and in the foundations of statistics and economics more generally. Drawing upon several examples, the author argues that methodological anomalies prevent microeconomics and statistics from explaining human social behaviour as coherently as the physical sciences explain nature.