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020			_a9781108314305 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
050	0	4	_aHB141 _b.M634 2018
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aKatzner, Donald W., _d1938- _e1
245	1	0	_aModels, mathematics, and methodology in economic explanation /Donald W. Katzner, University of Massachuesetts, Amherst.
260			_aCambridge, United Kingdom ; _aNew York, NY, USA : _bCambridge University Press, _c(c)2018.
300			_a1 online resource : _billustrations
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
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505	0	0	_aCover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Table of contents; Preface; Introduction; References; 1 Science and Economics; References; 2 Economic Models and Explanation; References; 3 The Stages of Model Building in Economics; 3.1 Model Construction; 3.2 The Difficulty with Ignoring Stages (i), (ii), and (v); 3.3 Models and Their Relation to the Real World; 3.4 Recapitulation and Further Commentary; References; 4 Models and Mathematics; References; 5 Models and Measurement (or Lack Thereof); 5.1 Simultaneous Relations; 5.2 Change Over Time; 5.3 Optimization
505	0	0	_a5.4 Empirical Testing5.5 Concluding Remark; References; 6 Issues Relating to the Construction of Models from Scratch; 6.1 Arithmomorphic Abstraction; 6.2 Time and Change; 6.3 From Process to Function; 6.4 Limits and Power; References; 7 An Example: The Efficiency of Organizational Forms; 7.1 Preliminaries: Stage (i); 7.2 The Model: Stage (ii); 7.3 Administrative Cost Efficiency: Stage (iii); 7.4 Allocative Efficiency: Stage (iii); 7.5 The Potential for Empirical Testing: Stage (iv); 7.6 Cogency and Relevance: Stage (v); References
505	0	0	_a8 The Implicit Assumption Requirements of Later-Stage Model Building8.1 The Problem in Physics Terms; 8.2 The Problem in Economic Terms; 8.3 Concluding Remark; References; 9 Ordinality and the Adequacy of Analytic Specification; 9.1 The Three Approaches; 9.2 Scale Transformations under Approach C; 9.3 Preserving Functional Forms; 9.4 Recapitulation and Further Commentary; References; 10 Categories of Models; 10.1 Individualism Versus Structuralism; 10.2 Static Models Versus Dynamic Models; 10.3 Certainty versus Uncertainty; References; 11 Conclusion; References; Index
520	0		_aThis book provides a practitioner's foundation for the process of explanatory model building that deconstructs the process into five stages.
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650		0	_aEconometric models.
650		0	_aEconomics _xMathematical models.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell