Mathematical modelling in the wake of the crisis: a blessing or a curse? What does the economics profession say?
研究了2007年经济危机后，经济学家是否反思数学建模的过度使用，以及是否考虑改变方法论取向。调查发现许多经济学家仍主张使用更新更好的数学模型。
The economics profession has been heavily criticised for not anticipating the economic crisis that began in 2007. And even now economists seem unable to suggest ways out of this crisis. It is widely acknowledged that the emphasis of modern economics over the last 50 years has been heavily mathematical and formalistic. The aim of this paper is to examine whether, in the wake of the crisis, academic economists have examined this emphasis on mathematics and further to investigate the extent to which they are considering changing their methodological orientation. The results of our field study show that many economists have tended to reaffirm their position and argued for the use of newer, better mathematical models in economics.