Wassily Leontief's Research Program: Science, Beliefs, Institutions
区分了投入产出分析的科学活动、围绕它建立的信念体系以及推进列昂惕夫研究计划的制度,考察了这些要素如何与其他研究计划互动,最终描绘出列昂惕夫如何在竞争与合作环境中成功构建研究计划。
Abstract Wassily Leontief met with decades of success for the development of input-output analysis, and yet he remained a staunch critic of the economics profession throughout his life. To understand his success, its limits, and the origins of his discontent, this article separates the scientific activities of input-output from the system of belief built around it, and from the institutions set up to advance Leontief's research program. This leads to considering the interaction of input-output with other research programs through three poles: the scientific debate, the collision of belief systems about the world, and an institutional fight for funds and researchers. The end result is a picture of how Leontief managed to build a successful research program in which scientific inquiry led to beliefs about the world that were able to justify building institutions promoting input-output, in an environment of competition and cooperation.