Fundamental implications of the neglect of servicisation by development economists
以服务化为例，讨论经济学家的方法问题和确认偏误，指出发展中国家自1990年代初以来结构转型的平均模式是服务化，且增长越快服务化越明显，但该主题研究严重不足，削弱了政策建议的可信度。
Abstract The article deploys servicisation as a case study to discuss economists’ methods and the confirmation bias issue. Data show the average pattern of structural transformation in developing countries has since the early 1990s been servicisation, and the faster the growth, the greater the servicisation. Data also show that servicisation has been an extremely under-researched topic compared with industrialisation. This is an example of confirmation bias—weak links between theory and facts—that erodes the plausibility of policy advice. The paper analyses methods and their policing, and points to issues to address to reduce risks of confirmation bias by strengthening ‘the power of facts’.