Empirical Economic Research and Economic Policy Advice: Some Remarks

Gebhard Kirchgässner
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Karl Aiginger

Abstract: Since for any political position it is possible to find economists who defend it (for money) and often with empirical arguments, economists giving policy advice are – in the eyes of the general public – often accused of being corruptible. The purpose of this paper is to show that nevertheless it is possible that the process of policy advice leads to "objective knowledge" ...

Keywords: Empirical; Economic; Research; and; Economic; Policy; Advice:; Some; Remarks; European; Union; Economic; Policy; Issues; for; the; Next; Decade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003 Written 2003-12-01
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