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The Generalized Price Equation

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  • Matthijs van Veelen

    (University of Amsterdam)

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The main ingredient of this paper is the derivation of the Generalized Price equation. This generalizes the original Price equation in the sense that it produces a set of Price-like equations, one for every different underlying model that one could assume has generated the data. All of these different Price-like equations are identities, and all of them only have a meaningful interpretation if the data are indeed generated by the model they presuppose. The criteria for choosing between these different Price-like equations are the exact same as the criteria that standard statistics uses when choosing the right statistical model, based on the data. The original Price equation in regression form is the generalized Price equation that goes with the simplest linear model. The problem with the widespread misuse of the Price equation is caused by the fact that it loses its meaning if the data are not generated by this model – in the same way that any of the other Price-like equations lose their meaning if the data are not generated by the model they presuppose.

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  • Matthijs van Veelen, 2024. "The Generalized Price Equation," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 24-034/I, Tinbergen Institute.
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    1. Matthijs van Veelen & Julián García & Maurice W. Sabelis & Martijn Egas, 2010. "Call for a return to rigour in models," Nature, Nature, vol. 467(7316), pages 661-661, October.
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    • C73 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Stochastic and Dynamic Games; Evolutionary Games

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