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Models and Time in Economics

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This short part discusses some questions of the epistemology and methodology of economics, particularly the central role of models and how time is treated in economic theory.

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Iparraguirre, J.L. (2018). Models and Time in Economics. In: Economics and Ageing. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93248-4_7

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