What Does It Mean to Say That Economics Is Performative?

2020/06/30 by Michel Callon · 4 citations
Business, Management and Accounting · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Social Sciences · #Economic Theory and Institutions #Management and Organizational Studies #Social and Cultural Dynamics

paper · doi:10.2307/j.ctv10vm29m.15

openalex publication_date 2020/06/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02

Abstract

Discusses the performativity of economics and proposes theoretical directions to study it from a sociological perspective.

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