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Scientific journal “Vestnik NSUEM”

2016 year, number 3

ECONOMIC MODEL: UNITY OF VIEWS AND/OR VARIETY OF APPROACHES

M.S. Kovalevskaya
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Str. Lenin Mountains, 1, Moscow, 119991
Keywords: моделирование, экономическая модель, модель, методология экономики, проблемы экономики, modeling, economic model, model, economic methodology, economic problems

Abstract

The article considers the problems of economic modeling in the context of the methodological approach to the definition of the «model» term as a basic unit in science. The emphasis is on the issue of correlation of views of representatives of various branches, besides possible ways of search for the compromise are suggested. The conclusion is drawn that, despite the variety of approaches, no polar disagreements in positions of the researches regarding the issue of definition of the «model» term were revealed. The problem of search for «ideal», in the context of parameters, models in economics, i.e. models with optimal number of variables, level of abstraction, is defined, and the need for further research in the field of modeling of economic processes is revealed.