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Coase on the nature of economics

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Recent writings on Coase's methodology largely focus on method, at the risk of underappreciating his substantive view of economics. That economics has as its subject matter the working of the real world economic system is Coase's main methodological message and is also the key to understanding Coase's other methodological concerns. Coase's methodological position is illustrated in this paper by comparing him with other economists in terms of their differing research programmes informed by their methodological stances. Along the way, this paper outlines the new institutional economics, a research programme inspired by Coase's methodology. Copyright 2003, Oxford University Press.

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  • Ning Wang, 2003. "Coase on the nature of economics," Cambridge Journal of Economics, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 27(6), pages 807-829, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:cambje:v:27:y:2003:i:6:p:807-829
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    1. Elodie Bertrand, 2015. "From the Firm to Economic Policy: The Problem of Coase's Cost," Post-Print hal-03512866, HAL.
    2. Michel Marchesnay, 2006. "Galbraith : d'un institutionnalisme à l'autre ?," Innovations, De Boeck Université, vol. 23(1), pages 31-48.
    3. Simon Janßen & Uschi Backes-Gellner, 2009. "Skill Obsolescence, Vintage Effects and Changing Tasks," Applied Economics Quarterly (formerly: Konjunkturpolitik), Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, vol. 55(1), pages 83-103.
    4. Wang Ning, 2017. "The Legacy of Ronald Coase," Man and the Economy, De Gruyter, vol. 4(2), pages 1-4, December.
    5. Alexander Dow & Sheila Dow, 2021. "Coase and the Scottish Political Economy Tradition," Department Discussion Papers 2005, Department of Economics, University of Victoria.
    6. Mario García Molina & Liliana Chicaíza Becerra, 2013. "Las decisiones de los economistas: Coase y los sesgos cognitivos en el trabajo teórico," Revista de Economía Institucional, Universidad Externado de Colombia - Facultad de Economía, vol. 15(29), pages 21-39, July-Dece.
    7. Siri Terjesen & Ning Wang, 2013. "Coase on entrepreneurship," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 40(2), pages 173-184, February.
    8. Elodie Bertrand, 2010. "The three roles of the 'Coase theorem' in Coase's works," Post-Print hal-02409115, HAL.

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