Der ?konom als 'engineer in the design sense' - modellierungspraxis und professionelles selbstverst?ndnis in Robert Solows 'contribution to the theory of economic growth'

摘要

The Economist as "Engineer in the Design Sense" - Modeling Practices and Professional Identity in Robert Solow's "Contribution to the Theory of Economic Growth". Robert Solow's retrospective description of his way of modeling as "engineering in the design sense" will be used to investigate the modeling practices that led to his 1956 "simple growth model" and involved the image of the economist as a craftsman and a technical expert. Constructing and manipulating a simple, transparent and tractable model served as a field of expertise and legitimized the scientific authority of the modeler-economist.