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A Methodological Evaluation of Empirical Demand Systems Research
Author(s) -
Cozzarin Brian P.,
Gilmour Brad W.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
canadian journal of agricultural economics/revue canadienne d'agroeconomie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.505
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1744-7976
pISSN - 0008-3976
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7976.1998.tb00087.x
Subject(s) - on demand , doctrine , empirical research , supply and demand , computer science , demand patterns , management science , data science , economics , demand management , epistemology , microeconomics , law , political science , macroeconomics , philosophy , multimedia
This paper examines recent demand systems literature from a methodological standpoint. A survey of the empirical demand systems literature has been assembled that includes 66 articles from 19 separate journals. The paper classifies empirical demand studies according to different methodological paradigms to ascertain if there is a pattern in the demand systems literature and to determine the implications of that classification. The results indicate that the bulk (67%) of demand systems research is implicitly falsificationist (for at least part of the research program). The remainder of the research program follows a conventionalist doctrine.