How to research complex systems
a methodological comparison of ordoliberalism and regulation theory
pp. 272-301
in: Agnes Labrousse, Jean-Daniel Weisz (eds), Institutional economics in France and Germany, Berlin, Springer, 2001Abstract
an adoption (where possible) of the D-N scheme which demands that a theory be presented as follows: the statement of “initial conditions”, the formulation of hypotheses, the deduction of testable statements and their quantitative empirical testing;