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.
Author(s): Frederic S. Lee, Bruce Cronin
Series: Handbooks of Research Methods and Applications
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Year: 2016
Language: English
Pages: xviii+610
Contents:Introduction PART I. PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATION AND RESEARCH STRATEGY1. Critical Realism as a Social Ontology for EconomicsJamie Morgan2. Critical Realism, Method of Grounded Theory, and Theory Construction Frederic S. Lee3. An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Heterodoxy Rick SzostakPART II. RESEARCH METHODS AND DATA COLLECTION4. Separate or Symbiotic? Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in (Heterodox) Economics ResearchLynda Pickbourn and Smita Ramnarain5. Historical Method and Data Natalia Bracarense and A. Reeves Johnson6. Using Survey Methods in Heterodox Economic ResearchTiago Cardao-Pito7. Qualitative and Ethnographic Methods in EconomicsAmit Basole and Smita Ramnarain8. Experimental Methods and DataAndrew Mearman9. Factor Analysis, Cluster Analysis, and Nonparametric Research Methods for Heterodox Economic Analysis Michael J. Murray10. Regression Analysis: A Review Paul Downward11. Critical Realism, Econometrics, and Heterodox EconomicsNuno Ornelas Martins12. Social Network AnalysisBruce Cronin13. Agent-Based Computational Economics: Simulation Tools for Heterodox ResearchJonathan F. Cogliano and Xiao Jiang14. Modeling as a Research Method in Heterodox EconomicsFrederic S. Lee15. Multiple and Mixed Methods Research for Economics?Bruce CroninPART III. APPLICATIONS16. A Mixed Methods Approach to Investment Behavior Armag an Gezici17. Price StabilityGyun Cheol Gu18. Studying Low-Income Households: Challenges and IssuesLynne Chester19. Marketisation and Human Service Providers: An Industry StudyBob Davidson20. A Qualitative Case Study of the Mexican Stock Market (BMV) from the Perspective of Critical Realism and Grounded TheoryJesus Munoz21. Looking into the Black Box: Policy as a Contested Process Jamee K. Moudud22. Modeling the Economy as a Whole: Stock-Flow ModelsGennaro Zezza23. 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 Lewin24. Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Field Work: An Application to Research on Gender, Migration and Remittances in Ghana Lynda Pickbourn25. A Data Triangulation Approach to Understanding the Behavior of Small Landholders in BulgariaMieke Meurs26. Measuring the Intra-Household Distribution of Wealth in Ecuador: Qualitative Insights and Quantitative Outcomes Carmen Diana Deere and Zachary B. Catanzarite27. The Use of Quasi-Experimental Design in Urban and Regional Policy Research and Political EconomyThomas E. Lambert and Michael Bewley28. Detecting Business CyclesSusan K. Schroeder29. A Regulationist Analysis of an Industry Sector using Mixed Research Methods Lynne ChesterIndex
