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Las decisiones de los economistas: Coase y los sesgos cognitivos en el trabajo teórico

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  • Mario García Molina
  • Liliana Chicaíza Becerra

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Este artículo revisa las ideas de Coase sobre la metodología en economía a partir de su crítica de Friedman y las compara con ideas provenientes de otros campos. Argumenta que su adaptación de Kuhn es más apropiada para la economía en su forma actual que para la época de la que Coase tomó sus ejemplos. Examina algunos trabajos de Coase en términos del sesgo de confirmación y contrasta sus ideas sobre el manejo del sesgo de confirmación motivado con el manejo de los conflictos de interés en medicina. Finalmente, resalta la importancia del pluralismo en economía.

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  • 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.
    • Handle: RePEc:rei:ecoins:v:15:y:2013:i:29:p:21-39
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    Keywords

    Coase; metodología; Kuhn; sesgos cognitivos; economía del comportamiento;
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    JEL classification:

    • B41 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology - - - Economic Methodology
    • B52 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - Historical; Institutional; Evolutionary; Modern Monetary Theory;
    • D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
    • B25 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925 - - - Historical; Institutional; Evolutionary; Austrian; Stockholm School
    • D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles

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