Sins of Omission and the Practice of Economics

IF 0.4 Q4 ECONOMICS

Ekonomicheskaya politika Pub Date : 2020-06-01 DOI:10.1257/jel.20191573

George A. Akerlof

引用次数: 111

Abstract

This paper advances the proposition that economics, as a discipline, gives rewards that favor the “hard” and disfavor the “soft.” Such bias leads economic research to ignore important topics and problems that are difficult to approach in a “hard” way—thereby resulting in “sins of omission.” This paper argues for reexamination of current institutions for publication and promotion in economics—as it also argues for greatly increased tolerance in norms for publication and promotion as one way of alleviating narrow methodological biases. (JEL A11, B40)

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过失罪与经济学实践

本文提出了这样一个命题，即经济学作为一门学科，给予的奖励有利于“硬”，不利于“软”。这种偏见导致经济学研究忽视了难以“硬”处理的重要主题和问题，从而导致了“遗漏之罪”。“这篇论文主张重新审视经济学中当前的出版和推广制度，同时也主张大幅提高出版和推广规范的容忍度，以此来缓解狭隘的方法论偏见。（JEL A11，B40）

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Ekonomicheskaya politika ECONOMICS-

CiteScore

1.30

自引率

20.00%

发文量

期刊介绍： Ekonomicheskaya Politika is a broad-range economic journal devoted primarily to the study of the economic policy of present-day Russia as well as global economic problems. The subject matters of articles includes macroeconomic, fiscal, monetary, industrial, social, regulation and competition policyand more. The journal also publishes theoretical papers in such areas as political economy, general economic theory, welfare economics, law and economics,and institutional economics.. The character and the scope of economic problems studied in many publications require a multidisciplinary approach, consistent with the editorial policy of the journal. While the thematic scope of articles is generally related to Russia, the aim of editorial policy is to cover politico-economic processes in the modern world and international economic relations, as well. In addition, Ekonomicheskaya Politika publishes Russian translations of classical and significant modern works of foreign economists.