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Economics is all over the map

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2014

Don Ross
Don Ross*
Affiliation:
School of Economics, University of Cape Town, Private bag, Rondebosch 7701, Cape Town, South Africa. don.ross@uct.ac.zahttp://uct.academia.edu/DonRoss
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Abstract

Bentley et al. say that economics is the science of their map's northwest quadrant, where choice is individual and transparent. This accepts the picture of the discipline common among behavioral economists who aim to drag economics southward but not eastward. In fact, leading economics journals regularly publish models located in all four quadrants, and the prominence of work from the eastern zone is increasing.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 37 , Issue 1 , February 2014 , pp. 98 - 99
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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