On Ideas and Economic Policy : A Survey of MENA Economists

This paper examines how economic ideas have been shaped throughout history and the influence of these on the formulation of economic policy. We collect both quantitative and qualitative data from economists who are originally from the Middle East and North Africa region or working on the region. We...

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Main Authors:	Hendy, Rana, Mohieldin, Mahmoud
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2020
Subjects:	SCHOOLS OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC HISTORY VESTED INTEREST
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34408

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spelling	okr-10986-344082021-05-25T09:49:10Z On Ideas and Economic Policy : A Survey of MENA Economists Hendy, Rana Mohieldin, Mahmoud SCHOOLS OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC HISTORY VESTED INTEREST This paper examines how economic ideas have been shaped throughout history and the influence of these on the formulation of economic policy. We collect both quantitative and qualitative data from economists who are originally from the Middle East and North Africa region or working on the region. We find that economists and their ideas are more likely to be influenced by multiple schools of thought than adhere to one school. This multiplicity spills over into the type of solutions proposed to economic problems and thus policy implications. One of the main recommendations of this study is that there is a need for the development of economics and economists to recognize the impact of political and social issues that are not easy to grasp through modeling. 2020-09-01T18:55:10Z 2020-09-01T18:55:10Z 2020-01-29 Journal Article Middle East Development Journal 1793-8120 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34408 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Journal Article Middle East and North Africa Middle East North Africa
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description	This paper examines how economic ideas have been shaped throughout history and the influence of these on the formulation of economic policy. We collect both quantitative and qualitative data from economists who are originally from the Middle East and North Africa region or working on the region. We find that economists and their ideas are more likely to be influenced by multiple schools of thought than adhere to one school. This multiplicity spills over into the type of solutions proposed to economic problems and thus policy implications. One of the main recommendations of this study is that there is a need for the development of economics and economists to recognize the impact of political and social issues that are not easy to grasp through modeling.
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title	On Ideas and Economic Policy : A Survey of MENA Economists
title_short	On Ideas and Economic Policy : A Survey of MENA Economists
title_full	On Ideas and Economic Policy : A Survey of MENA Economists
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On Ideas and Economic Policy : A Survey of MENA Economists

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