The Axiomatic Structure of Empirical Content

S-Tier
Journal: American Economic Review
Year: 2014
Volume: 104
Issue: 8
Pages: 2303-19

Authors (3)

Christopher P. Chambers (not in RePEc) Federico Echenique (University of California-Berke...) Eran Shmaya (not in RePEc)

Score contribution per author:

2.681 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 4.0x S-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We define the empirical content of an economic theory as the least restrictive observationally equivalent theory. We show that the empirical content of a theory is captured by a certain kind of axiomatization, with axioms that are universal negations of conjunctions of atomic formulae.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:aea:aecrev:v:104:y:2014:i:8:p:2303-19
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-25