The Philosophy of Causality in Economics: Causal Inferences and Policy Proposals

ISBN-13: 9780367363994 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 208 str.

Mariusz Maziarz

Opis

What do economists mean when they conclude that A ‘causes’ B? Does ‘cause’ say that we can influence B by intervening on A, or is it only a label for the correlation of variables? This book analyses the meaning of causal claims made by economists and the philosophical presuppositions underlying the research methods used.

Spis treści

Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Regularities Chapter 3. Causality as changes in conditional probability Chapter 4. Counterfactuals Chapter 5. Mechanisms Chapter 6. Interventions and manipulability Chapter 7. Concluding remarks

O autorze

Mariusz Maziarz is a PhD candidate at Wroclaw University of Economics, Poland, and Assistant Researcher with the Interdisciplinary Centre for Ethics & Institute of Philosophy at Jagiellonian University, Poland.