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Methodological Issues in Neoclassical and Behavioral Economics.

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Methodological Issues in Neoclassical and Behavioral Economics.

Rel. Luigi Benfratello. Politecnico di Torino, Corso di laurea magistrale in Ingegneria Gestionale (Engineering And Management), 2019

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Abstract:

Methodological Issues in Neoclassical and Behavioral Economics. This work describes how epistemological and methodological stances have been applied to economics; in particular the thesis' subject is the approach to two research programs, the neoclassical economics and the behavioral economics. Neoclassical economics is, nowadays, the dominating paradigm. The work depicts the evolution of its methodology, starting with Mill's narrow view of economics, passing through the economic approach to human behavior inspired by Friedman and terminating with the meaning of economic models. On the contrary, behavioral economics is a recently born paradigm whose original aim was to increase the realism in economic investigations. Despite behavioral economics' original essence, an increasing number of its proselytes is turning to mainstream. This apparent betrayal has its root in a methodology proposed in the neoclassical framework, namely Friedman's instrumentalism. Methodological backgrounds underneath the history of utility function accompany the description of behavioral economics' development.

Relators: Luigi Benfratello
Academic year: 2019/20
Publication type: Electronic
Number of Pages: 73
Subjects:
Corso di laurea: Corso di laurea magistrale in Ingegneria Gestionale (Engineering And Management)
Classe di laurea: New organization > Master science > LM-31 - MANAGEMENT ENGINEERING
Aziende collaboratrici: UNSPECIFIED
URI: http://webthesis.biblio.polito.it/id/eprint/12629
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