Weberian Perspective on Value Judgements in Economic Models - an Application to Methodological Value Judgements Contained in the Austrian Business Cycle Theory and the Real Business Cycle Theory

• Autorzy: Robert Mróz

Warianty tytułu

Weberowskie podejście do sądów wartościujących w modelach ekonomicznych - zastosowanie do metodologicznych sądów wartościujących zawartych w austriackiej teorii cykli koniunkturalnych oraz w teorii realnych cykli koniunkturalnych

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The paper aims to apply a simple "model of a model", presented in detail in a companion paper, which draws on Max Weber's discussion of values in social sciences. The argument in that paper was that to compare economic models in a thorough way, one should include in such comparisons value judgements expressed or assumed in these models. So, our "model of a model" should include these judgements, which is not common in the literature on economic modeling. The value judgements can be roughly divided into methodological and evaluative judgements, the latter concerning desirable policies, ethical issues, etc. In this paper the focus is on the former. Therefore, a case study is presented to show how some differences between the models in the Austrian Business Cycle Theory and the Real Business Cycle theory can be traced to the methodological value judgements embedded in those models. These include the differing understanding of what the science of economics should look like, and choices between realisticness and simplicity. Some comments are also provided about the evaluative judgements in economic models.(original abstract)

W artykule zastosowano prosty "model modelu" - szczegółowo opisany w powiązanym tekście - w którym wykorzystano poglądy Maksa Webera na rolę wartości w naukach społecznych. W tymże powiązanym tekście argumentowałem, że, aby porównywać modele ekonomiczne w gruntowny sposób, należy w tych porównaniach uwzględnić sądy wartościujące wyrażane lub przyjmowane w tych modelach. Zatem nasz "model modelu" powinien zawierać te sądy, co nie jest powszechne w literaturze na temat modelowania ekonomicznego. Sądy wartościujące można w uproszczeniu podzielić na metodologiczne i ewaluatywne. Te drugie dotyczą kwestii etycznych, pożądanych kierunków polityki itd. W niniejszym artykule skupiam się na tych pierwszych. W związku z tym prezentuję studium przypadku i pokazuję, w jaki sposób niektóre różnice pomiędzy modelami związanymi z austriacką teorią cykli koniunkturalnych i modelami związanymi z teorią realnych cykli koniunkturalnych powstają ze względu na odmienne metodologiczne sądy wartościujące zawarte w tych modelach. Mamy tu m.in. do czynienia z różnym rozumieniem istoty nauk społecznych, a także z niekompatybilnymi wyborami pomiędzy realistycznością i prostotą. W końcowej części artykułu znalazł się również komentarz na temat sądów ewaluatywnych w modelach ekonomicznych.(abstrakt oryginalny)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Business cycles; Business cycles theory; Real business cycle theory

PL

Cykl koniunkturalny; Teoria cykli koniunkturalnych; Teoria realnego cyklu koniunkturalnego

• Czasopismo: Studia Ekonomiczne / Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Nauk Ekonomicznych
• Rocznik: 2018
• Numer: nr 1-2 (96-97)
• Strony: 71--92

Twórcy

autor

Robert Mróz

• University of Warsaw, Poland

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