This paper advances the proposition that economics, as a discipline, gives rewards that favor the "hard" and disfavor the "soft." Such bias leads economic research to ignore important topics and problems that are difficult to approach in a "hard" way—thereby resulting in "sins of omission." This paper argues for reexamination of current institutions for publication and promotion in economics—as it also argues for greatly increased tolerance in norms for publication and promotion as one way of alleviating narrow methodological biases.

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遗漏之罪与经济学实践

本文提出了这样的命题，即经济学作为一门学科，会给予有利于“硬性”而不利于“软性”的奖励。这种偏见导致经济研究忽略了难以以“硬性”方式解决的重要主题和问题，从而导致了“遗漏的罪过”。本文主张对现行经济学的出版和促进制度进行重新审查，因为它还主张大大提高对出版和促进规范的容忍度，以缓解狭窄的方法论偏见。