How to relate models to reality? An epistemological framework for the validation and verification of computational models

C Gräbner - Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 2018 - jasss.org
Agent-based simulations have become increasingly prominent in various disciplines. This
trend is positive, but it comes with challenges: while there are more and more standards for …

[HTML][HTML] Economics for an uncertain world

G DeMartino, I Grabel, I Scoones - World Development, 2024 - Elsevier
Uncertainty, where we do not know the likelihood of future events, dominates our world. This
article examines how economics as a profession and discipline can address uncertainty …

Techno-economic transformation in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union–A neo-Schumpeterian perspective

S Radosevic - Research Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
This essay is an interpretative survey that explores the post-socialist transformation in
Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union (EE&fSU) from a neo-Schumpeterian …

Modeling economic systems as locally-constructive sequential games

L Tesfatsion - Journal of Economic Methodology, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Real-world economies are open-ended dynamic systems consisting of heterogeneous
interacting participants. Human participants are decision-makers who strategically take into …

Agent-based computational models–a formal heuristic for institutionalist pattern modelling?

C Gräbner - Journal of Institutional Economics, 2016 - cambridge.org
I investigate the consistency of agent-based computational models with the institutionalist
research program as outlined by Myrdal, Wilber and Harrison, Hodgson and others. In …

[HTML][HTML] Theory and empirics of capability accumulation: Implications for macroeconomic modeling

M Aistleitner, C Gräbner, A Hornykewycz - Research Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
The accumulation of new technological capabilities is of high empirical relevance, both for
the development of countries and the business success of firms. This paper aims to …

Constructs and Indicators: An Ontological Analysis.

R Weber - MIS Quarterly, 2021 - search.ebscohost.com
Constructs and indicators are central to the efforts of many researchers who seek to build
and test theories and articulate rich narratives about real-world phenomena. For this reason …

The complementary relationship between institutional and complexity economics: The example of deep mechanismic explanations

C Gräbner - Journal of Economic Issues, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Analyzing economic systems from an evolutionary-institutional or a complexity perspective
are two complementary approaches to economic inquiry. I discuss three arguments in favor …

[PDF][PDF] Возможна ли единая институциональная экономическая теория

ВЛ Тамбовцев - Вопросы экономики, 2021 - researchgate.net
В последние годы появилось много работ, посвященных вопросам интеграции старого
и нового экономического институционализма. В статье оценивается возможность …

Getting the best of both worlds? Developing complementary equation-based and agent-based models

C Gräbner, CSE Bale, BA Furtado… - Computational …, 2019 - Springer
We argue that building agent-based and equation-based versions of the same theoretical
model is a fruitful way of gaining insights into real-world phenomena. We use the …