The Oxford handbook of professional economic ethics / edited by George F. DeMartino and Deirdre N. McCloskey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

DeMartino, George.

McCloskey, Deirdre N.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics--Moral and ethical aspects.

Economics.

Economists--Professional ethics.

Economists.

Physical Description:

xxii, 777 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]

Contents:

Part I Introduction

1 Introduction, or Why This Handbook? / George F. DeMartino DeMartino, George F., Deirdre N. McCloskey McCloskey, Deirdre N. 3

Part II Uncertainty, Risk and Professional Economic Ethics

2 The Skin-in-the-Game Heuristic for Protection Against Tail Events / Nassim Nicholas Taleb Taleb, Nassim Nicholas, Constantine Sandis Sandis, Constantine 13

3 The Ethics of Economic Decision Rules / Sven Ove Hansson Hansson, Sven Ove 29

4 In Praise of Imperfect Commitment: An Ethic of Power, Professionalism, and Risk / Sharon D. Welch Welch, Sharon D. 55

5 "Econogenic Harm": On the Nature of and Responsibility for the Harm Economists Do as They Try to Do Good / George F. DeMartino DeMartino, George F. 71

Part III The Ethical Nature of Economic Practice

6 About Doing the Right Thing as an Academic Economist / Erwin Dekker Dekker, Erwin, Arjo Klamer Klamer, Arjo 101

7 The Social Responsibility of Economists / Peter J. Boettke Boettke, Peter J., Kyle W. O'Donnell O'Donnell, Kyle W. 116

8 The Ethical Economist: Duty and Virtue in the Scientific Process / Jonathan B. Wight Wight, Jonathan B. 137

Part IV The Ethical Entailments of Economic Theory

1 General Issues

9 Ethics in Relation to Economics, Ecology, and Eschatology / Herman Daly Daly, Herman 169

10 Poisoning the Well, or How Economic Theory Damages Moral Imagination / Julie A. Nelson Nelson, Julie A. 184

11 Economists' Odd Stand on the Positive-Normative Distinction: A Behavioral Economics View / John B. Davis Davis, John B. 200

12 The Complex Ethical Consequences of "Simple" Theoretical Choices / Robert H. Frank Frank, Robert H. 219

13 Good, Evil, and Economic Practice / Tomáš Sedlácek Sedlácek, Tomáš 230

2 Economic Theory and the Great Recession

14 Alternative Ethical Perspectives on the Financial Crisis: Lessons for Economists / Irene Van Staveren Staveren, Irene Van 249

15 Economists' Ethics in the Build-Up to the Great Recession / Robert H. Wade Wade, Robert H. 268

Part V Ethical Issues in Economic Research

1 Experimental Economics

16 Ethics and Advances in Economic Science: The Role of Two Norms / Jingnan Chen Chen, Jingnan, Angelina Christie Christie, Angelina, Daniel Houser Houser, Daniel 297

17 The Meaning of Deceive in Experimental Economic Science / Bart J. Wilson Wilson, Bart J. 317

2 Econometrics

18 Honesty and Integrity in Econometrics / Thomas Mayer Mayer, Thomas 329

19 Lady Justice Versus Cult of Statistical Significance: Oomph-less Science and the New Rule of Law / Stephen T. Ziliak Ziliak, Stephen T., Deirdre N. McCloskey McCloskey, Deirdre N. 352

3 Field Research

20 Balancing Risk and Benefit: Ethical Tradeoffs in Running Randomized Evaluations / Rachel Glennerster Glennerster, Rachel, Shawn Powers Powers, Shawn 367

21 Conducting Ethical Economic Research: Complications from the Field / Harold Alderman Alderman, Harold, Jishnu Das Das, Jishnu, Vijayendra Rao Rao, Vijayendra 402

22 The Unprincipled Randomization Principle in Economics and Medicine / Stephen T. Ziliak Ziliak, Stephen T., Edward R. Teather-Posadas Teather-Posadas, Edward R. 423

4 Conflict of Interest

23 Professional Disequilibrium: Conflict of Interest in Economics / Dennis F. Thompson Thompson, Dennis F. 455

24 Considerations on Conflict of Interest in Academic Economics / Jessica Carrick-Hagenbarth Carrick-Hagenbarth, Jessica, Gerald Epstein Epstein, Gerald 475

Part VI Ethical Issues in Applied Economics

1 Development

25 Ethics, Economic Advice, and Economic Policy / Joseph E. Stiglitz Stiglitz, Joseph E. 495

26 Neoclassical Economics as the New Social Engineering: The Debacle of the Russian Post-Socialist Transition / David Ellerman Ellerman, David 520

27 The Ethics of Economic Development and Human Displacement / Des Gasper Gasper, Des 534

28 How Can We Better Address the Gaps in Our Knowledge About Development Effectiveness? / Martin Ravallion Ravallion, Martin 558

2 Economic Advising in Government and Beyond

29 Confessions of a Policy Analyst / Robert H. Nelson Nelson, Robert H. 587

30 Ethics and the Government Economist / Susan Offutt Offutt, Susan 618

31 The Ethics Problem: Toward a Second-Best Solution to the Problem of Economic Expertise / David M. Levy Levy, David M., Sandra J. Peart Peart, Sandra J. 635

32 First Tell No Untruth / Alan Freeman Freeman, Alan 651

3 Forensic Economics

33 Ethical Issues in Forensic Economics / Robert J. Thornton Thornton, Robert J., John O. Ward Ward, John O. 671

Part VII Ethical Issues in Economic Education

34 Exposure and Dialogue Programs in the Training of Development Analysts and Practitioners / Ravi Kanbur Kanbur, Ravi 697

35 Ethics and Learning in Undergraduate Economics Education / Robert F. Garnett, JR. JR., Robert F. Garnett, 714

Part VIII Looking Ahead

36 Creating Humble Economists: A Code of Ethics for Economists / David Colander Colander, David 737

37 Codes of Ethics for Economists, Pluralism, and the Nature of Economic Knowledge / Sheila C. Dow Dow, Sheila C. 750.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199766635

0199766630

OCLC:

904194465