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Information × Registration Number 2118U002204, Article popup.category Стаття Title popup.author popup.publication 01-01-2018 popup.source_user Сумський державний університет popup.source http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/72597 popup.publisher Sumy State University Description According to Karl Popper, one of 20th century’s greatest philosophers of science, “theories are nets cast to catch what we call ´the world´: to rationalize, to explain, and to master it”. And that is right. Scientists and researchers seek to catch reality by mean of theories. In the case of economics, we seek to catch “economic reality”. We have economic theories. In fact, there are several approaches within economic theory (neoclassical economics, behavioral economics, institutionalism, post-Keynesianism, etc.). But we need specific tools and methods in order to evaluate in a rigorous way the connection between our theories and economic reality. In that context, econometrics become a very important aspect of research in economics. popup.nrat_date 2025-03-24 Close