Acta Oeconomica
Volume/Issue:
Volume 72: Issue S1
New economic sociology and economic theory
Author:
Philippe Steiner Groupe d’Etudes des Méthodes de l’Analyse Sociologique de la Sorbonne (GEMASS), Maison de la Recherche, 28 rue Serpente, 75006, Paris, France

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23–40
Online Publication Date:
15 Jul 2022
Publication Date:
15 Jul 2022
Article Category:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1556/032.2022.00017
Keywords:
Bourdieu; economic sociology; economic theory; Granovetter; Piketty; Roth; Zelizer;
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Abstract

The paper begins with a brief reminder of the origin of economic sociology. It then surveys research by economic sociologists from the 1980s to the present, with a focus on their relation to political economy, which ranges from close to arm's length. Finally, beyond any differences between economic theory and economic sociology, the paper considers how both approaches can be connected in the socio-historical and economic study of economic inequalities by Thomas Piketty, and the use of matching markets by Alvin Roth.

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Acta Oeconomica Periodical of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Print ISSN:
0001-6373
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  • Dóra Benedek, International Monetary Fund
  • Balázs Égert, OECD
  • Dániel Prinz, World Bank
  • Rok Spruk, University of Ljubljana, School of Economics and Business, Slovenia

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  • István Benczes, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary 
  • Agnieszka Chłoń-Domińczak, SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Poland
  • Fabrizio Coricelli, University of Siena, Italy
  • László Csaba, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary and Central European University, Austria
  • Beáta Farkas, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Szeged, Hungary
  • Péter Halmai, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, and National University of Public Service, Hungary
  • Martin Kahanec, Central European University, Austria
  • Michael Landesmann, The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (WIIW), Austria
  • Péter Mihályi, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary
  • Debora Revoltella, European Investment Bank

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