abstract:Economic methodology is the study of methods, especially the scientific method, in relation to economics, including principles underlying economic reasoning.:Press + button to enlarge small-text links below.
Specific guidelines of how to correct for the optimism bias in appraisals were published in the British government's Green Book, which provides an overall methodology for economic assessment.
The methodology is arbitrary, capricious, utterly unrepresentative of economic reality, and it creates a cloud of uncertainty that essentially deters U.S. importers from purchasing Chinese products that could potentially be targeted by U.S. industries.