Title: Methodology in theory, and practice, in economics textbooks

Authors: Martin K. Jones

Addresses: Discipline of Economics and International Business, School of Business, University of Dundee, DD1 4HN, Scotland, UK

Abstract: While methodology is not often seen as a core part of the economics curriculum in universities, a surprising number of economics textbooks have methodological discussions in them. An interesting question is just how far the textbook authors actually follow through on the methodology which they espouse. Fortunately, it is easy to test this in general, since many textbooks also have sections on behavioural economics. Insofar as the behavioural economics clashes with mainstream neoclassical economics, one can test how serious the textbook authors are about their methodological pronouncements.

Keywords: textbook analysis; methodology; behavioural economics.

DOI: 10.1504/IJPEE.2024.141772

International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education, 2024 Vol.15 No.1, pp.6 - 17

Received: 25 Oct 2023
Accepted: 29 Apr 2024
Published online: 01 Oct 2024 *

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