Robert Evans

Macroeconomic Forecasting (eBook, ePUB)

A Sociological Appraisal

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on interviews with the UK government's Panel of Independent Forecasters, the author shows how economic models, forecasts and policy analysis depend crucially upon the judgements of economists.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Januar 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134623457
• Artikelnr.: 42636327

Autorenporträt

Robert Evans

Inhaltsangabe

1. Who Knows What Tomorrow Brings? Brief Introductions to Economic
Forecasting and the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge 2. Cherished Beliefs
and Statistics: How Economic Models are Estimated 3. Extrapolations and
Expertise: How Economic Forecasts Are Made 4. Soothsaying or Science?
Trying to Falsify an Economic Model 5. Different Models: Economic Forecasts
in February 1993 6. Different Futures: Controversies and Disputes in July
1993 7. Difficult Choices: Policy Recommendations in October 1993 8. From
TINA to TRACY: Economic Models, Economic Policy and Science Studies