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Author:   G. M.P. Swann
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:  

9781858983059

ISBN 10:   1858983053
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   25 May 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents: Preface PART I: WHAT IS APPLIED ECONOMICS? 1. Introduction 2. Economics Will Only be Applied if it is Applied 3. Econometrics as Alchemy? PART II: THE FORMAL IN APPLIED ECONOMICS 4. The Surveyor's Dream 5. What Do the Critics Say is Wrong? 6. The Problem of the Signal-to-Noise Ratio PART III: THE VERNACULAR IN APPLIED ECONOMICS 7. Vernacular Economics 8. The Vernacular as Local Knowledge 9. Economic Research as Composition PART IV: TEN APPROACHES TO APPLIED ECONOMICS 10. Plurality: Why and What? 11. Applied Econometrics 12. Experimental Economics 13. Surveys and Questionnaires 14. Simulation 15. Engineering Economics 16. Economic History and History of Economic Thought 17. Case Studies 18. Interviews 19. Common Sense and Intuition 20. Metaphor 21. Innovative Economics: An Essential Miscellany PART V: THE FUTURE IN APPLIED ECONOMICS 22. Danger in the Present Trajectory 23. Changing Attitudes 24. How Do We Make the Future Happen? 25. Conclusion References Index

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`I consider the book as well suited to provide a broader perspective on methods used in applied economic research. For the applied researcher the book will provide a nice overview on existing methods and some arguments as to which method might be particularly suitable for specific purposes.' -- Peter Winker, Jahrbucher f. Nationalokonomie u. Statistik `This is a refreshing look at applied economics, which the author argues should be so much more than applied econometrics plus experimental economics. What he calls vernacular economics is nothing less than an omnibus of fact-gathering techniques that economists have neglected far too long.' -- The late Mark Blaug, formerly of the University of London and University of Buckingham, UK

'I consider the book as well suited to provide a broader perspective on methods used in applied economic research. For the applied researcher the book will provide a nice overview on existing methods and some arguments as to which method might be particularly suitable for specific purposes.' -- Peter Winker, Jahrbucher f. Nationalokonomie u. Statistik 'This is a refreshing look at applied economics, which the author argues should be so much more than applied econometrics plus experimental economics. What he calls vernacular economics is nothing less than an omnibus of fact-gathering techniques that economists have neglected far too long.' -- The late Mark Blaug, formerly of the University of London and University of Buckingham, UK

'I consider the book as well suited to provide a broader perspective on methods used in applied economic research. For the applied researcher the book will provide a nice overview on existing methods and some arguments as to which method might be particularly suitable for specific purposes.'

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G.M. Peter Swann, Emeritus Professor of Industrial Economics, Nottingham University Business School, UK

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