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De l'usage de l'histoire dans la formulation des hypothèses de la théorie économique

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[fre] De l'usage de l'histoire dans la formulation des hypothèses de la théorie économique. . L'article souligne l'existence de deux formes différentes de théorisation en analyse économique. La première, d'origine contemporaine, fonde ses développements à partir d'axiomes ou d'hypothèses indépendantes de l'histoire. La seconde, beaucoup plus ancienne, recourt à des hypothèses formulées à partir d'une procédure de « stylisation » des faits historiques. Ce deuxième point de vue est plus particulièrement retenu dans l'article.. Ses origines doivent beaucoup au débat engagé, à la fin du siècle dernier, entre A. Marshall et ses disciples (J. N. Keynes, notamment) et les tenants de l'historicisme. Son maintien doit notamment être attribué à la tradition cambridgienne.. Ses fondements tiennent à la fois à l'appréhension de l'objet de l'analyse économique et à la nature des théories économiques qu'il engendre. [eng] Using history to establish hypotheses within economic theory. . Two types of economic theorizing are described in the paper. The first is contemporary and based on axioms or non-historical assumptions. The second is older and uses hypotheses which directly reflect « stylised » historical facts. This second viewpoint is more especially characterized in the paper. . Its origin is located in the debate between A. Marshall and his followers (J. N Keynes, among others) and the Historical School economists, which occured at the end of the last century.. The Cambridge tradition strongly contributed to its survival. . Its foundations have to be found in two directions : a specifie characterization of the matter of economic analysis, one one side ; the nature of economic theories rooted in the second viewpoint, on the other side.

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  • Richard Arena, 1991. "De l'usage de l'histoire dans la formulation des hypothèses de la théorie économique," Revue Économique, Programme National Persée, vol. 42(2), pages 395-410.
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    1. Bruce Glassburner, 1955. "Alfred Marshall on Economic History and Historical Development," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 69(4), pages 577-595.
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