Multiple models, one explanation

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Multiple models, one explanation
 
Lisciandra, Chiara; Korbmacher, Johannes
(2021) Journal of Economic Methodology, volume 28, issue 2, pp. 186 - 206
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Abstract
We develop an account of how mutually inconsistent models of the same target system can provide coherent information about the system. Our account makes use of ideas from the debate surrounding robustness analysis and draws on the idea of a shared structure among models. To illustrate, we consider a case ... read more
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Keywords: Multiple models, international trade-theory, robustness analysis, structure, Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1350178X.2021.1892800
ISSN: 1350-178X
Publisher: Routledge
Note: Funding Information: We'd like to thank Don Ross, Tristan Kohl, O. Foisch, as well as two anonymous referees for their helpful comments and suggestions. We also received helpful feedback from the audiences at our talks at: the congress of the European Philosophy of Science Association, 2017 in Exeter, the Workshop on Multiple Model, 2018 in Helsinki, and the Theoretical Philosophy Colloquium, 2018 in Utrecht. Publisher Copyright: © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
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