1051-1377/$ see front matter 2005 Published by Elsevier Inc. doi:10.1016/j.jhe.2005.07.001 q We are grateful to Fern Silva for her support of this research project and Pedro Llambias and Patricio Limardo for answering numerous questions about mortgage banking and the financial crisis in Argentina. We thank Linda Allen, Brent Ambrose, Maite Bertolini, Leonard Nakamura, Jim Papadonis, Bertrand Re...

This paper is concerned with the question how we should understand cases on property rights in general, and land economics particular, which a remarkable level of growth (or other measures institutional performance) combined so-called ‘perverse’ institutions. That to say institutions that are not proposed by neoliberal politics, insights mainstream (orthodoxy) especially related market policies...

There is very little replication of research in economics, particularly compared with other sciences. This paper argues that there is a dire need for studies that replicate research, that their scarcity is due to poor or negative rewards for replicators, and that this could be improved with a journal that exclusively publishes replication studies. I then discuss how such a journal could be orga...

in spite of sonic pessimistic attitudes towards methodology of economics, it has succeeded as a central theme in numerous books, refereed journals, international conferences and symposiums whose volume is increasing at an unprecedented rate. the proliferation of methodological literature also is accompanied by a proliferation of issues that concern: the goals of economics, realism of economics,...

This article foregrounds sense of place as a key concept to further advance spatial theorisations within both ecological economics and degrowth. We delineate the scope apply it fracking controversy in Lancashire, UK. Specifically, we elucidate how associations were mobilised by pro- anti-fracking actors legitimate their respective positions. Our study makes three contributions. First, review an...

This paper tackles various issues in personnel economics using the career profiles of British naval officers during late 19th and early 20th centuries. Specifically we ask how pay, promotions, positions, peers affect worker retention. Random variation task assignments job promotions allows us to explore factors that causally impact retention personnel. We develop a number key insights: (i) incr...

We have first demonstrated that Debreu’s view regarding the publication of The Theory of Games and Economic Behavior by von Neumann and Morgenstern in 1944 as the birth of modern mathematical economics is not convincing. In this paper, we have proposed the hypothesis that the coordinated research programs in the 1930’s, initiated by the Econometric Society and the Cowles Commission for Research...