The axiomatic structure of empirical content

Christopher P. Chambers; Federico Echenique; Eran Shmaya

doi:10.1257/aer.104.8.2303

The axiomatic structure of empirical content

Christopher P. Chambers, Federico Echenique, Eran Shmaya

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2303-2319
Number of pages	17
Journal	American Economic Review
Volume	104
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.104.8.2303
State	Published - Aug 1 2014

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