COMMENT ON “ECONOPHYSICS AND ECONOMICS: SISTER DISCIPLINES?” BY CHRISTOPHE SCHINCKUS

摘要

Christophe Schinckus claims thatn“economics is not an empiricalndiscipline.”n1nPractitioners of the mod-nern neoclassical mainstream would begnto differ. Economics has a wholenbranch, econometrics, devoted to thencollection and statistical analysis ofndata. Mainstream economists developnsophisticated mathematical models,nwith quantitative input and output, fornempirical testing and calibration. Innthis effort they are conforming to thenempiricist manifesto set out by Fried-nman in his famous 1953 essay.