Mathematical needs and economic interpretations
Identificadores
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10481/31468Metadatos
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Durán, Miguel ÁngelEditorial
Universidad de Granada. Departamento de Teoría e Historia Económica
Materia
Economic methodology Existence General equilibrium theory Interpretation Mathematical economics
Fecha
2005Referencia bibliográfica
Durán, M.A. Mathematical needs and economic interpretations. Universidad de Granada. Departamento de Teoría e Historia Económica (2005). (The Papers; 05/07). [http://hdl.handle.net/10481/31468]
Resumen
This paper aims at showing that the disconnection between formal structures and
theoretical content in economic model building could lead to undesirable consequences. In this sense, linking formal and verbal contents by means of coherent and relevant interpretations is worth the effort. For it is a relatively simple
way of helping to improve the usefulness of
mathematical economic theorization. By way of
illustration of these ideas, the paper discusses the interpretation which Arrow and Debreu themselves put on the inclusion of free goods in their proof of existence of a general equilibrium.