The purpose of the paper is to develop the argument that history of thought and methodology should form part of the content of pluralist teaching in economics, where the aim of this teaching is taken to equip students to exercise their own judgement as economists. Discussion of the nature and scope of economics, with examples from history, helps students understand what is involved in consideri...

Matching theory predicts choices on concurrent variable ratio schedules will show maximization via exclusive choice of the richest schedule. Preliminary research has revealed patterns of brand selection data from individual consumers which show that consumer behavior exhibits both matching and maximization. In this paper, we summarize the results of a study of 80 consumers brand selections for ...

I thank Maurice Lagueux for his thoughtful reflections on my book Economic theory and cognitive science: microexplanation (henceforth: ETCS:M). Given space restrictions, in this comment I won’t say much about his criticisms of my use of the intentional stance, except to observe that they seem to rely on equivocation between thinking of beliefs and desires as internal states of people, and as de...

Globally, cities are responsible for most of the world’s energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions. Therefore, efficient transformation urban systems is becoming a crucial step towards neutrality more effective climate protection. The Positive Energy District (PED) concept has been pointed out as one key principles this path. leads an integrated sustainable development with emphasis on us...

the purpose of this paper is a comparative study of information technology management phd programmes at the world top universities. so, the top five rankings of universities were identified. then the top universities in the world generally and information systems/information technology field were identified too. 19 related fields were investigated. the titles of the courses of them were documen...

Nonlinear difference equations of higher order are important in applications; such equations appear naturally as discrete analogues of differential and delay differential equations which model various diverse phenomena in biology, ecology, economics, physics and engineering. The study of dynamical properties of such equations is of great importance in many areas. The autonomous difference equat...

Soil health plays an important role in agricultural productivity, environmental resiliency, and ecosystem sustainability. However, this hard-to-quantify holistic concept has proven di cult to incorporate into existing economic and policy frameworks. This report summarizes existing knowledge about the economics of soil health, suggests a methodology for studying the economics of soil health, ide...

Neuroeconomics proposes radical changes in the methods of economics. This essay discusses the proposed changes in methodology, together with the the neuroeconomic critique of standard economics. We do not assess the contributions or promise of neuroeconomic research. Rather, we offer a response to the neuroeconomic critique of standard economics. † This research was supported by grants from the...

the quantitative relationship between higher education and economic growth in the tradition of “growth accounting equations” and also “neoclassical production function” approach have occupied a pride of place in economics of education, particularly the literature on more developed countries. however, production function type models that allow for isolating the “indirect” (external) effects of h...