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Subject(s)

• Rational expectations (Economic theory) [Browse]

Related name

• Leeson, Robert [Browse]
• Darity, William A., 1953- [Browse]

Series

• Routledge studies in the history of economics ; 65. [More in this series]
• Routledge studies in the history of economics ; 65 [More in this series]

Summary note

The concept of rational expectations has played a hugely important role in economics over the years. Dealing with the origins and development of modern approaches to expectations in micro and macroeconomics, this book makes use of primary sources and previously unpublished material from such figures as Hicks, Hawtrey and Hart. The accounts of the 'founding fathers' of the models themselves are also presented here for the first time. The authors trace the development of different approaches to expectations from the likes of Hayek, Morgenstern, and Coase right up to more modern theorists such

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Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. [140]-155) and index.

Language note

English

Contents

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; From Hayek to Vernon Smith: prices, the cobweb, and game theory; The Hart Research Agenda: information, anticipation, and the firm; Expectations research projects: from Illinois to Carnegie Tech; Muth, Mills, and Tinbergen; December 1959 and its aftermath; Patinkin, expectations, and Chicago; Expectations and the monetarist counter-revolution; Overview and conclusions; Bibliography; Index

ISBN

• 0-429-23054-0
• 0-203-68702-7
• 1-134-88624-1
• 1-280-02558-1
• 0-203-35793-0

OCLC

56549309

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