Despite the important methodological critiques of the mainstream offered by heterodox economics, the dominant research method taught in heterodox programmes remains econometrics. This compelling handbook provides a comprehensive introduction to a range of alternative research methods, invaluable for analyzing the data prominent in heterodox studies. Providing a solid basis for a mixed methods approach to economic investigations, the expertly crafted contributions are split into three distinct sections: philosophical foundation and research strategy, research methods and data collection, and applications. Introductions to a host of invaluable methods such as survey, historical, ethnographic, experimental and mixed approaches, together with factor, cluster, complex, and social network analytics are complemented by descriptions of applications in practice. Practical and expansive, this handbook is highly pertinent for students and scholars of economics, particularly those dedicated to heterodox approaches, as it provides a solid reference for mixed methods not available in mainstream economics research methods courses. Contributors: V. Adams, S. Austen, A. Basole, M. Bewley, N. Bracarense, T. Cardao-Pito, Z.B. Catanzarite, L. Chester, J.F. Cogliano, B. Cronin, B. Davidson, C.D. Deere, P. Downward, A. Gezici, G.C. Gu, T. Jefferson, X. Jiang, A.R. Johnson, T.E. Lambert, F.S. Lee, G. Lewin, N.O. Martins, A. Mearman, M. Meurs, J. Morgan, J.K. Moudud, J. Muñoz, M.J. Murray, R. Ong, L. Pickbourn, S. Ramnarain, S.K. Schroeder, R. Sharp, R. Szostack, G. Zezza

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Contents: Introduction PART I. PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATION AND RESEARCH STRATEGY 1. Critical Realism as a Social Ontology for Economics Jamie Morgan 2. Critical Realism, Method of Grounded Theory, and Theory Construction Frederic S. Lee 3. An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Heterodoxy Rick Szostak PART II. RESEARCH METHODS AND DATA COLLECTION 4. Separate or Symbiotic? Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in (Heterodox) Economics Research Lynda Pickbourn and Smita Ramnarain 5. Historical Method and Data Natalia Bracarense and A. Reeves Johnson 6. Using Survey Methods in Heterodox Economic Research Tiago Cardão-Pito 7. Qualitative and Ethnographic Methods in Economics Amit Basole and Smita Ramnarain 8. Experimental Methods and Data Andrew Mearman 9. Factor Analysis, Cluster Analysis, and Nonparametric Research Methods for Heterodox Economic Analysis Michael J. Murray 10. Regression Analysis: A Review Paul Downward 11. Critical Realism, Econometrics, and Heterodox Economics Nuno Ornelas Martins 12. Social Network Analysis Bruce Cronin 13. Agent-Based Computational Economics: Simulation Tools for Heterodox Research Jonathan F. Cogliano and Xiao Jiang 14. Modeling as a Research Method in Heterodox Economics Frederic S. Lee 15. Multiple and Mixed Methods Research for Economics? Bruce Cronin PART III. APPLICATIONS 16. A Mixed Methods Approach to Investment Behavior Armağan Gezici 17. Price Stability Gyun Cheol Gu 18. Studying Low-Income Households: Challenges and Issues Lynne Chester 19. Marketisation and Human Service Providers: An Industry Study Bob Davidson 20. A Qualitative Case Study of the Mexican Stock Market (BMV) from the Perspective of Critical Realism and Grounded Theory Jesús Muñoz 21. Looking into the Black Box: Policy as a Contested Process Jamee K. Moudud 22. Modeling the Economy as a Whole: Stock-Flow Models Gennaro Zezza 23. A Mixed Methods Approach to Investigating the Employment Decisions of Aged Care Workers in Australia Therese Jefferson, Siobhan Austen, Rhonda Sharp, Rachel Ong, Valerie Adams and Gill Lewin 24. Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Field Work: An Application to Research on Gender, Migration and Remittances in Ghana Lynda Pickbourn 25. A Data Triangulation Approach to Understanding the Behavior of Small Landholders in Bulgaria Mieke Meurs 26. Measuring the Intra-Household Distribution of Wealth in Ecuador: Qualitative Insights and Quantitative Outcomes Carmen Diana Deere and Zachary B. Catanzarite 27. The Use of Quasi-Experimental Design in Urban and Regional Policy Research and Political Economy Thomas E. Lambert and Michael Bewley 28. Detecting Business Cycles Susan K. Schroeder 29. A Régulationist Analysis of an Industry Sector using Mixed Research Methods Lynne Chester Index