Sheila Dow

Emeritus Professor of Economics

University of Stirling

Sheila Dow is Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Stirling and co-Convener of SCEME. She has worked previously as an economist with the Bank of England and the Government of Manitoba and as an advisor on monetary policy to the UK Treasury Select Committee. She has published in the areas of methodology, the history of economic thought (especially Hume, Smith and Keynes), money and banking and regional finance. Recent books include Economic Methodology: An Inquiry, OUP, 2002, and A History of Scottish Economic Thought, Routledge, 2006, co-edited, with Alexander Dow. Her new book, Foundations for New Economic Thinking: a collection of essays, will be published by Palgrave Macmillan in spring 2012.

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Sheila Dow - Why Economists Think How They Think

Economists argue over how the economy works or what is the best fiscal policy to recover from the current crisis. Sheila Dow looks behind the curtain of these debates; she seeks to find out why particular theories are being advanced, and how economists evaluate the merit of an argument in scientific debate.

Reform of the Financial and Non-Financial Sectors - Shelia Dow

The Inaugural Conference @ King's, Institute for New Economic Thinking, Session 3: What Kind of Theory to Guide Reform and Restructuring of the Financial and Non-Financial Sectors?

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What Kind of Theory to Guide Reform and Restructuring of the Financial and Non-Financial Sectors? A focus on theoretical approach

The purpose of the paper is to argue for attention to be paid, not only to choice of theory, but also to choice of theoretical approach, in order to address issues posed by the crisis. It is argued that changing market sentiment and the breakdown of trust were important factors in the crisis...