※ [本文转录自 DarthRaider 信箱] 作者: [email protected] ([email protected]) 标题: 一篇好玩的调查(关于经济学PhD对机会成本的理解) 时间: Fri Aug 17 06:10:50 2007 作者: DarthRaider (龙非池中物) 看板: BBMak 标题: 一篇好玩的调查(关于经济学PhD对机会成本的理解) 时间: Fri Aug 17 05:48:16 2007 <Do Economists Recognize an Opportunity Cost When They See One? A Dismal Performance from the Dismal Science> by Paul J. Ferraro & Laura O. Taylor http://epp.gsu.edu/pferraro/docs/ferrarotaylorbep.pdf [Abstract] One expects people with graduate training in economics to have a deeper understanding of economic processes and reasoning than people without such training. However, as others have noted over the past 25 years, modern graduate education may emphasize mathematics and technique to the detriment of economic reasoning. One of the most important contributions economics has to offer as a discipline is the understanding of opportunity cost and how to apply this concept to all forms of decision making. We examine how PhD economists answer an introductory economics textbook question that requires identifying the relevant opportunity cost of an action. The results are not consistent with our expectation that graduate training leads to a deeper understanding of the concept. We explore the implications of our results for the relevance of economists in policy, research, and teaching. Submitted: June 27, 2005 ﹒ Accepted: August 2, 2005 ﹒ Published: September 9, 2005 Originally published in Contributions to Economic Analysis & Policy. -- --

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