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The economics of convention and statistics: the paradox of origins
Die Économie des conventions und die Statistik: das Paradox der Ursprünge
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Abstract "The line of heterodox economic thinking named 'the economics of conventions' emerged in the 1980s in France. Four among its six founding fathers had a strong background in statistics and were working at INSEE (the French National Institute of Statistics and Economic Research). However, the numerous... view more
"The line of heterodox economic thinking named 'the economics of conventions' emerged in the 1980s in France. Four among its six founding fathers had a strong background in statistics and were working at INSEE (the French National Institute of Statistics and Economic Research). However, the numerous and fruitful researches in the line of this new paradigm have only slightly used the quantitative methods (above all econometrics) that are widely spread in mainstream economics as well as in other heterodox movements, e.g. the French school of regulation. In order to provide a rationale for this paradox, we are lead to set the development of the economics of conventions within a broader history of economics and social sciences. Indeed, from the 1980s onwards, social sciences have gone through a movement of bifurcation that brought about a deep change in the scientific and political status of quantification. Monitoring this movement leads to address the issue of the relationships between the search for theoretical reflexivity and the social demand for expertise addressed to economics." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
convention; statistics; reflexivity; expert report; quantification; knowledge; expert; economic history
Classification
Social History, Historical Social Research
Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Economics
Method
descriptive study
Document language
English
Publication Year
2011
Page/Pages
p. 64-81
Journal
Historical Social Research, 36 (2011) 4
Issue topic
Conventions and institutions from a historical perspective / Konventionen und Institutionen in historischer Perspektive
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.36.2011.4.64-81
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed