Was bewirkt die Volkswirtschaftslehre?
Frey, Bruno S.
In: Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, 2000, vol. 1, no. 1, p. 5-33
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- Due to its formality and highly analytic thinking, economics is often attributed a leading role among the social sciences and a prominent position as contributor to economic or social issues in the real world. Fact is, however, that the empirical proof for such a claim is either missing or anecdotal. This paper aims to outline the 'seconomics of economics'. It surveys and compares approaches of impact measurement such as a production function of economics or the demand and supply of trained economists. It furthermore discriminates between the impact of economic ideas versus that of economists as scientists or politicians