Expectations in Economic Theory

S. A. Ozga (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

302 Seiten

2007
AldineTransaction (Verlag)
978-0-202-36155-0 (ISBN)

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This book deals with economic theory, not methodology. It does employ certain methodological resolutions. These resolutions and the limitations they impose on the nature and the scope of the analysis are reviewed. The first resolution concerns what kind of a theory is to be discussed. The word theory may mean many things; it may mean a hypothesis put forward as an explanation of something, an idea, or a notion. In a normative sense it may mean a recommendation, a rule, or principle to be followed. In science it usually means a system of hypotheses to be accepted as an explanation of certain facts, a set of general laws, and principles. It is also used to distinguish the general principles and methods of a subject from the practice of it.

The theory with which this volume is concerned is that of science. In very general terms it may be defined as a system of hypotheses, one following from another, which permits the reader to derive from known facts and predictions of other facts. If the knowledge of the fact which we predict is important for us, in the sense that it permits us to achieve better the objectives we pursue, the theory may have a practical value. This book is therefore not only a contribution to the analysis of expectations but also an introduction to a number of selected topics in economic theory.

S. A. Ozga was born in Poland and received his first doctorate in economics in Warsaw. He obtained then a Ph.D. degree at the University of London and joined the staff of the London School of Economics, where at present he holds a readership in economics. His many contributions, covering a wide range of subjects in utility theory, in the theory of the firm, of international trade and of economic growth, have been published in Economica, The Economic Journal and The Review of Economic Studies in the United Kingdom, in The Journal of Political Economy and The Quarterly Journal of Economics in the United States, and in Rivista di Politica Economica in Italy.

One: Formalization of Expectations; 1: The Nature of Expectations; 2: Logical Relations in Expectations; 3: Subjective Factors in Expectations; Two: Sure-Prospect Equivalents; 4: The Hypothesis of a Formula; 5: Reduction by Choice; 6: Theories of Moral Expectation; Three: Selective Reductions; 7: Shackle’s Theory of Expectations; 8: Theory of Games; 9: Other Hypotheses

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.12.2007
Verlagsort	Somerset
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	560 g
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
ISBN-10	0-202-36155-1 / 0202361551
ISBN-13	978-0-202-36155-0 / 9780202361550
Zustand	Neuware