Kevin Douglas Hoover (born May 3, 1955) is Professor of Economics and Philosophy at

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. He has previously held positions at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco,

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(Balliol College, Nuffield College, and Lady Margaret Hall), and the

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, where he served eight years as chair of the Economics Department. Hoover is most noted for his work in the philosophy and methodology of economics with issues surrounding the modelling of causation. He has been the president of the History of Economics Society and chaired the International Network for Economic Method. He is the editor of the journal ''

History of Political Economy The ''History of Political Economy'' is a journal published by Duke University Press, focusing on economics Economics () is the social science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, a ...

'' and was (1996-2005) the editor of the ''

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''.

Selected publications

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External links

Website at Duke University
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hoover, Kevin D. 1955 births Living people 21st-century American economists Alumni of Nuffield College, Oxford Duke University faculty