Reflexivity in Economics An Experimental Examination on the Self-Referentiality of Economic Theories /

• Main Author: Sandri, Serena. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg : Physica-Verlag HD, 2009.
• Series: Contributions to Economics,
• Subjects: Economics.; Science > Philosophy.; Social sciences > Philosophy.; Economics > Methodology.; Economics/Management Science.; Economic Theory.; Methodology and the History of Economic Thought.; Philosophy of Science.; Philosophy of the Social Sciences.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-2092-8

This study discusses the implications of the recursive or self-reflexive effects of economic theories on bounded rational behaviour and interaction. It focuses on the mechanisms through which bounded rational actors perceive the self-referential nature of economic theories and might absorb their pre...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Reflexivity and Self-Reference
• Reflexivity of Social Reality
• Reflexivity and Predictability of the Social Sciences
• On the Rationality of the Economic Actors
• Heuristics, Biases and Methods for Debiasing
• Self-Referentiality of Economic Theories and Theory Absorption
• On the Absorbability of Economic Theories  An Experimental Analysis
• Conclusion.