Handbook of research methods and applications in Heterodox economics /
[Book]
edtied by Frederic S. Lee and Bruce Cronin.
Northampton, MA :
Edward Elgar Publishing,
2016.
1 online resource
Handbooks of research methods and applications
Introduction -- Part I. Philosophical foundation and research strategy -- 1. Critical realism as a social ontology for economics / Jamie Morgan -- 2. Critical realism, method of grounded theory, and theory construction / Frederic S. Lee -- 3. An interdisciplinary perspective on heterodoxy / Rick Szostak -- Part II. Research methods and data collection -- 4. Separate or symbiotic? Quantitative and qualitative methods in (heterodox) economics research / Lynda Pickbourn and Smita Ramnarain -- 5. Historical method and data / Natalia Bracarense -- 6. Using survey methods in heterodox economic research / Tiago Cardão-Pito -- 7. Qualitative and ethnographic methods in economics / Amit Basole and Smita Ramnarain -- 8. Experimental methods and data / Andrew Mearman -- 9. Factor analysis, cluster analysis, and nonparametric research methods for heterodox economic analysis / Michael J. Murray -- 10. Regression analysis: a review / Paul Downward -- 11. Critical realism, econometrics, and heterodox economics / Nuno Ornelas Martins -- 12. Social network analysis / Bruce Cronin -- 13. Agent-based computational economics: simulation tools for heterodox research / Jonathan F. Cogliano and Xiao Jiang -- 14. Modeling as a research method in heterodox economics / Frederic S. Lee -- 15. Mixed research methods and data triangulation: an answer for economics? / Ioana Negru -- Part III. Applications -- 16. A mixed methods approach to investment behavior / Armağan Gezici -- 17. Price stability / Gyun Cheol Gu -- 18. Studying low-income households / Lynne Chester -- 19. Marketization and human service providers: an industry study / Bob Davidson -- 20. A qualitative case study of the Mexican stock market (BMV) from the perspective of critical realism and grounded theory / Jesús Muñoz -- 21. Looking into the black box: policy as a contested process / Jamee K. Moudud -- 22. Modeling the economy as a whole: stock-flow models / Gennaro Zezza -- 23. A mixed methods approach to investigating the employment decisions of aged care workers in Australia / Therese Jefferson, Siobhan Austen, Rhonda Sharp, Rachel Ong, Valerie Adams and Gill Lewin -- 24. Combining qualitative and quantitative methods in field work: an application to research on gender, migration and remittances in Ghana / Lynda Pickbourn -- 25. A data triangulation approach to understanding the behavior of small landholders in Bulgaria / Mieke Meurs -- 26. Measuring the intra-household distribution of wealth in Ecuador: qualitative insights and quantitative outcomes / Carmen Diana Deere and Zachary Catanzarite -- 27. The use of quasi-experimental design in urban and regional research and political economy / Thomas E. Lambert and Michael Bewley -- 28. Detecting business cycles / Susan K. Schroeder -- 29. A régulationist analysis of an industry sector using mixed research methods / Lynne Chester.
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Despite the important methodological critiques of the mainstream offered by heterodox economics, the dominant research method taught in heterodox programmes remains econometrics. This compelling Handbook provides a comprehensive introduction to a range of alternative research methods, invaluable for analysing the data prominent in heterodox studies. Providing a solid basis for a mixed methods approach to economic investigations, the expertly crafted contributions are split into three distinct sections: philosophical foundation and research strategy, research methods and data collection, and applications. Introductions to a host of invaluable methods such as survey, historical, ethnographic, experimental and mixed approaches, together with factor, cluster, complex and social network analytics, are complemented by descriptions of applications in practice. Practical and expansive, this Handbook is highly pertinent for students and scholars of economics, particularly those dedicated to heterodox approaches, as it provides a solid reference for mixed methods not available in mainstream economics research methods courses.