Complexity and Empirical Economics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9714533 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Steven N Durlauf (0000-0001-8699-7056, University of Wisconsin, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 115 |
| Issue | 504 |
| Pages | F225-F243 |
| Publication date | 2005-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Economic Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0133 • E-ISSN: 1468-0297 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2005.01003.x |
| OpenAlex | W2044996667 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 46 |
This article explores the state of interplay between recent efforts to introduce complex systems methods into economics and the understanding of empirical phenomena. The empirical side of economic complexity may be divided into three general branches: historical studies, the identification of power and scaling laws, and analyses of social interactions. I argue that, while providing useful 'stylised facts', none of these empirical approaches has produced compelling evidence that economic contexts exhibit the substantive microstructure or properties of complex systems. This failure reflects inadequate attention to identification problems. Identification analysis should therefore be at the centre of future work on the empirics of complexity. Copyright 2005 Royal Economic Society
Economics · Empirical evidence · Empirical research · Epistemology · Identification (biology · Neoclassical economics · Positive economics · State (computer science · Work (physics · Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis · Computer Science · Economic and Technological Innovation · Economic theories and models
Production fragmentation, foreign trade and structural complexity
Chapter 50 Neighborhood effects
Power Laws in Economics and Finance
Urban land teleconnections and sustainability
Estimating Rapidity of Change in Complex Urban Systems
Russian Interregional Trade from the Viewpoint of the Gravity Approach
Integrated Development, Past and Present
Veränderte Prozesse der Entscheidungsfindung in der Raumentwicklung
Modelling Local Spatial Poverty Traps in England
Innovation as an Emerging System Property
Complexity thinking and evolutionary economic geography
Population structure and location choice
The European Union
On the city size distribution
Cumulativité des connaissances
Complexity, economics, and public policy
F. A. Hayek and the Economic Calculus
Macroeconomics after the Crisis
Complexidade, interdependência e autonomia em sistemas económicos e sociais
Power Law Distributions and the Size Distribution of Strikes
The Economy as an Evolving Complex System II
More Is Different
A Brief History of Generative Models for Power Law and Lognormal Distributions
Zipf Distribution of U.S. Firm Sizes
Crime and Social Interactions
Standardization, Compatibility, and Innovation
Zipf’s law for cities
Discrete Choice with Social Interactions
Causal Parameters and Policy Analysis in Economics
Identification of Endogenous Social Effects
Social Interactions, Local Spillovers and Unemployment
Using Sibling Data to Estimate the Impact of Neighborhoods on Children's Educational Outcomes
Network Effects and Welfare Cultures
Identification Problems in the Social Sciences
Micro Data, Heterogeneity, and the Evaluation of Public Policy
Measuring Peer Group Effects
Technology Adoption in the Presence of Network Externalities
Dynamic models of segregation
Path Dependence in Spatial Networks
A Model of Income Distribution
Sprayed to Death
A Framework For The Study of Individual Behavior and Social Interactions
Zipf's Law for Cities
The Epidemic Theory of Ghettos and Neighborhood Effects on Dropping Out and Teenage Childbearing
| Unique citing works | 20 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,91 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2025 (22) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 19 |