D. Wade Hands

University of Puget Sound - Department of Economics

Tacoma, WA 98416

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Normative Rational Choice Theory: Past, Present, and Future

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 12 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 16 Mar 2015
D. Wade Hands
University of Puget Sound - Department of Economics
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rational choice theory, expected utility theory, demand theory, methodology, normative economics

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Economics, Psychology and the History of Consumer Choice Theory

Cambridge Journal of Economics, 34, 2010, 633-48
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 23 May 2007 Last Revised: 07 Oct 2016
D. Wade Hands
University of Puget Sound - Department of Economics
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Psychology, Demand Theory, Consumer Choice Theory, Behavioral Economics

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Philosophy and Economics

The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Ed. S. N. Durlauf and L. E. Blume (eds.), London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008, 410-20
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 21 Sep 2006 Last Revised: 07 Oct 2016
D. Wade Hands
University of Puget Sound - Department of Economics
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methodology, utilitarianism, rational choice theory

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Paul Samuelson and Revealed Preference Theory

History of Political Economy, 46, 2014, 85-116
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 12 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 07 Oct 2016
D. Wade Hands
University of Puget Sound - Department of Economics
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Revealed Preference Theory, Samuelson

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The Future of Economics?

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 21 Dec 2007
D. Wade Hands
University of Puget Sound - Department of Economics
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rational choice, experimental economics, behavioral economics

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Economic Methodology in the Twenty-First Century (So Far): Some Post-Reflection Reflections

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 15 Oct 2019
D. Wade Hands
University of Puget Sound - Department of Economics
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economic methodology, rational choice theory, behavioral economics, economic models

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Foundations of Contemporary Revealed Preference Theory

Erkenntnis, 78, 2013, 1081-1108
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 28 May 2012 Last Revised: 07 Oct 2016
D. Wade Hands
University of Puget Sound - Department of Economics
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Revealed Preference Theory, Decision Theory, Rational Choice, Utility Theory

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The Rise and Fall of Walrasian Microeconomics: The Keynesian Effect

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 30 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 23 May 2010
D. Wade Hands
University of Puget Sound - Department of Economics
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Walrasian General Equilibrium Theory, Keynesian Economics, Neoclassical Synthesis, Stability

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Back to the Ordinal Revolution: Behavioral Economic Concerns in Early Modern Consumer Choice Theory

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 12 May 2008 Last Revised: 06 Apr 2010
D. Wade Hands
University of Puget Sound - Department of Economics
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demand theory, consumer choice theory, Pareto, behavioral economics, reference-dependence, endowment effects

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Conundrums of the Representative Agent

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 11 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 09 Feb 2017
D. Wade Hands
University of Puget Sound - Department of Economics
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Representative Agent, Revealed Preference Theory, DSGE, General Equilibrium Theory

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Introspection, Revealed Preference and Neoclassical Economics: A Critical Response to Don Ross on the Robbins-Samuelson Argument Pattern

Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 12 May 2008 Last Revised: 23 Aug 2008
D. Wade Hands
University of Puget Sound - Department of Economics
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Robbins, Samuelson, Introspection, Consumer Choice Theory, Rational Choice Theory

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A Tale of Two Mainstreams: Economics and Philosophy of Natural Science in the Mid-20th Century

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 31 Aug 2006
D. Wade Hands
University of Puget Sound - Department of Economics
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Neoclassical Synthesis, Philosophy of Science, Keynesian Macroeconomics, Walrasian Economics

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Hypothetical Pattern Explanations in Economic Science: Hayek's Explanation of the Principle and Pattern Predictions Meets Contemporary Philosophy of Science

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 09 Aug 2017
D. Wade Hands
University of Puget Sound - Department of Economics
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Hayek, Idealization, Explanation, Positivism

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Effective Tension in Robbins's Economic Methodology

Economica, 76, 2009, 831-44
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 21 Dec 2007 Last Revised: 07 Oct 2016
D. Wade Hands
University of Puget Sound - Department of Economics
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Robbins, methodology, behaviorism

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The Individual and the Market: Paul Samuelson on (Homothetic) Santa Claus Economics

The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 23, 2016, 425-452
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 30 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 05 Oct 2016
D. Wade Hands
University of Puget Sound - Department of Economics
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Paul Samuelson, General Equilibrium Theory, Representative Agent, Homothetic Preferences

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Frank Knight and Pragmatism

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 31 Aug 2006
D. Wade Hands
University of Puget Sound - Department of Economics
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Knight, methodology, pragmatism

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Frank Knight and Behavioral Economics

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 16 Sep 2021 Last Revised: 22 Jan 2022
D. Wade Hands
University of Puget Sound - Department of Economics
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Knight, Behavioral Economics, Rational Choice Theory, Libertarian Paternalism

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Mark Blaug on the Normativity of Welfare Economics

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 29 May 2012
D. Wade Hands
University of Puget Sound - Department of Economics
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welfare economics, economic methodology

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Revealed Preference, Afriat's Theorem, and Falsifiability: A Review Essay on Revealed Preference Theory by Christopher P. Chambers and Federico Echenique

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 02 Oct 2017
D. Wade Hands
University of Puget Sound - Department of Economics
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Revealed Preference Theory, General Equilibrium Theory, Samuelson, Popper, Falsification, Afriat

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Re-Examining Samuelson's Operationalist Methodology

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 15 Feb 2018
D. Wade Hands
University of Puget Sound - Department of Economics
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Samuelson, Operationalism, Economic Methodology

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Libertarian Paternalism: Making Rational Fools

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 22 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 28 Sep 2021
D. Wade Hands
University of Puget Sound - Department of Economics
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Behavioral Paternalism, Libertarian Paternalism, Behavioral Welfare Economics

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Libertarian Paternalism: Taking Econs Seriously

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 30 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 24 Apr 2020
D. Wade Hands
University of Puget Sound - Department of Economics
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Nudging, Libertarian Paternalism, Thaler, Sunstein, Rational Choice Theory

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Realism, Commonsensibles, and Economics: The Case of Contemporary Revealed Preference Theory

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 29 Aug 2011
D. Wade Hands
University of Puget Sound - Department of Economics
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Revealed Preference, Realism, Utility

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Stabilizing Consumer Choice: The Role of 'True Dynamic' Stability and Related Concepts in the History of Consumer Choice Theory

The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 17, 2010, 313-43
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 20 Sep 2007 Last Revised: 07 Oct 2016
D. Wade Hands
University of Puget Sound - Department of Economics
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Consumer choice theory, general equilibrium, Samuelson, stability

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What a Difference a Sum Makes: Agony and Ecstasy in the Rationalization of Demand

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 24 Jun 2008
D. Wade Hands
University of Puget Sound - Department of Economics
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Walrasian General Equilibrium Theory, SMD, Integrability

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GP08 is the New F53: Gul and Pesendorfer's Methodological Essay from the Viewpoint of Blaug's Popperian Methodology

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 27 Jan 2013
D. Wade Hands
University of Puget Sound - Department of Economics
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Blaug, Popper, Revealed Preference

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Scientific Norms and the Values of Economists: The Case of Priority Fights in Economics

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 29 Aug 2011
D. Wade Hands
University of Puget Sound - Department of Economics
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Priority, Merton, Economics

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The Many Faces of Unification and Pluralism in Economics: The Case of Paul Samuelson's Foundations of Economic Analysis.

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 22 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 11 Jun 2021
D. Wade Hands
University of Puget Sound - Department of Economics
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Samuelson, Unification, Neoclassical Synthesis, Scientific Explanation

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Normative Ecological Rationality: Normative Rationality in the Fast-and-Frugal-Heuristics Research Program

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 21 Mar 2014
D. Wade Hands
University of Puget Sound - Department of Economics
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Rational Choice Theory, Normative Theory, Bounded Rationality

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The Road to Rationalization: A History of 'Where the Empirical Lives' (or Has Lived) in Consumer Choice Theory

European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 11 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 05 Oct 2016
D. Wade Hands
University of Puget Sound - Department of Economics
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Utility Theory, Revealed Preference Theory, Rationalization, Empirical Content

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On the (non) History of Preference Purification in Modern Economics

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 20 Dec 2023
D. Wade Hands
University of Puget Sound - Department of Economics
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Behavioral Economics, Behavioral Welfare Economics, Purified Preferences, Libertarian Paternalism

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Derivational Robustness, Credible Substitute Systems, and Mathematical Economic Models: The Case of Stability Analysis in Walrasian General Equilibrium Theory

European Journal for Philosophy of Science, 6, 2016, 31-53
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 16 Oct 2014 Last Revised: 05 Oct 2016
D. Wade Hands
University of Puget Sound - Department of Economics
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Robustness, Model Theory, General Equilibrium Theory

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Crossing in the Night of the Cold War: Alternative Visions and Related Tensions in Western and Soviet General Equilibrium Theory

History of Economic Ideas (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 10 May 2015 Last Revised: 07 Oct 2016
D. Wade Hands
University of Puget Sound - Department of Economics
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Cold War economics, Walrasian general equilibrium theory, central planning

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Priority Fights in Economic Science

Perspectives on Science, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 215-31, 2006
Posted: 27 Jun 2007
D. Wade Hands
University of Puget Sound - Department of Economics

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Priority, Merton

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Did Milton Friedman's Methodology License the Formalist Revolution?

Journal of Economic Methodology, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 507-520, 2003
Posted: 27 Jun 2007
D. Wade Hands
University of Puget Sound - Department of Economics

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Friedman, Methodology, Formalism

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Individual Psychology, Rational Choice, and Demand: Some Remarks on Three Recent Studies

Revue de Philosophie Economique, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 3-48, 2006
Posted: 27 Jun 2007
D. Wade Hands
University of Puget Sound - Department of Economics

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Demand, Rational Choice, utility, hedonism, Revealed Preference

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You Want the Social? You Can't Handle the Social! Mirowski on the Secret History of Scientific Philosophy

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, Vol. 36, pp. 726-733, 2005
Posted: 27 Jun 2007
D. Wade Hands
University of Puget Sound - Department of Economics

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Mirowski, Philosophy of Science

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Orthodox and Heterodox Economics in Recent Economic Methodology

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 03 Oct 2011
D. Wade Hands
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Methodology, Heterodox Economics, Behavioral Economics