Ph.D. student “Models, measurement, and economic policy”

The Universiteit van Amsterdam Faculty of Economics and Econometrics /
Departmentof Economics

Description: Models in economics are instruments of investigation that
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, email John.davis@...

The Faculty of Economics and Econometrics (FEE) of the Universiteit
van Amsterdam (UvA) has over 3,000 students in Economics,
Econometrics, Fiscal Economics, Operations Research and Management,
Actuarial Sciences and in Graduate and Master’s Programmes. Research
is conducted in a wide range of areas. A large part of the research
takes place within the Tinbergen Institute-UvA. The Faculty employs
approximately 350 people. Group: Methodology and History of Economics
(Department of Economics [AE])