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The illusion of exactness

Thomas Szira (Institute of Economics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary)

Journal of Economic Studies

ISSN: 0144-3585

Article publication date: 1 August 2000

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Abstract

After having summarized the connections with psychology, philosophy and history, the conclusion of the article is that the application of mathematical models in economics is permissible only in cases when the authors display clearly the time and space limits and other conditions of validity of their models used and, possibly, the attributes of their value‐system.

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Szira, T. (2000), "The illusion of exactness", Journal of Economic Studies, Vol. 27 No. 4/5, pp. 495-508. https://doi.org/10.1108/01443580010342410

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