----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- Ph.D. student opening: Full-time 4-year appointment University of Amsterdam "Models, measurement, and economic policy" Methodology and History of Economics (Department of Economics [AE]) http://www.english.uva.nl/actueel/object.cfm?objectID=158F6BCD-816B-4525-A1B816D79AC35CFE Description: Models in economics are instruments of investigation that assist theory development and facilitate empirical research. They also determine the ways in which economic policy can be formulated, and affect which social values are the subject of policy discussion. How do particular economic models generate or preclude particular policy agendas? More specifically, how do models that employ a commodity-based approach differ in this regard from models that employ a capabilities-based approach? Further, how do these two kinds of models differ in terms of the ways in which they are operationalized, both in connection with the question of what they measure and in connection with the question of how they are part of an existing policy discourse? This project combines philosophy and history of economics research with a case study approach. Contact: Prof. dr. J. B. Davis [log in to unmask] ------------ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ------------ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]