The advancement of the mathematization process in the economic Brazilian academy since the 1980s

Looking at the economic discourse, we try to study in this article how has mathematization in economics advanced in Brazil in the last three decades. To see this, we have classified into several categories all articles published in three major economic journals of the country (Revista Brasileira de...

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Autor: Martinelli Silva Luperi, Mauricio
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:Brasil
Recursos:EDITORA 34
Repositorio:Revista de Economia Política
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs2.centrodeeconomiapolitica.org:article/296
Acesso em linha:https://centrodeeconomiapolitica.org.br/repojs/index.php/journal/article/view/296
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:matematização
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Resumo:Looking at the economic discourse, we try to study in this article how has mathematization in economics advanced in Brazil in the last three decades. To see this, we have classified into several categories all articles published in three major economic journals of the country (Revista Brasileira de Economia, Estudos Econômicos and Revista de Economia Política) and the publications made in the meetings ANPEC from 1981 to 2010, according to the type of argument used. The total of articles analyzed adds up to 5.733. We try to see how the path of economic discourse, making it more mathematical, did develop. We found that there was an increased use of a formalized language from the mid-1990s onwards. Finally, to confirm our findings, we focus on the process of mathematization through the observation of quantitative variable: equations per article. JEL Classification: B29; B41.