Boland L. The Methodology of Economic Model Building

First published 1989 by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE Reprinted 1990, Paperback 1991. 1989, 1991 & 2000 Lawrence A. Boland British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Boland, Lawrence A.330.0724
ISBN: 0-415-00014-9
ISBN: 0-415-06462-7The methodology of economic model building: methodology after Samuelson. Economic models. Design & applications.
Does testability of a model really matter in economics? How would one know whether testability can ever matter? Why should testability matter to a model builder?
These are the key questions addressed in this book. They involve the lofty concerns of methodology as well as the more mundane matters of model building itself.