Model Coupling in Resource Economics: Conditions for Effective Interdisciplinary Collaboration.

In this article we argue for the importance of studying interdisciplinary collaborations by focusing on the role that good choice and design of model-building frameworks and strategies can play overcoming the inherent difficulties of collaborative research. We provide an empirical study of particula...

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Publicado en:Philosophy of Science Vol. 83; no. 3; pp. 412 - 434
Autores principales: MacLeod, Miles, Nagatsu, Michiru
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Cambridge University Press Jul2016
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Sumario:In this article we argue for the importance of studying interdisciplinary collaborations by focusing on the role that good choice and design of model-building frameworks and strategies can play overcoming the inherent difficulties of collaborative research. We provide an empirical study of particular collaborations between economists and ecologists in resource economics. We discuss various features of how models are put together for interdisciplinary collaboration in these cases and show how the use of a coupled-model framework in this case to coordinate and combine background models from ecology and economics provided particular collaborative affordances and clear collaborative gain.