Knowledge, Beliefs and Economics

Edited by Richard Arena, Professor of Economics, University of Nice–Sophia Antipolis and GREDEG – UMR 7321 and Agnès Festré, Professor of Economics, University of Picardie Jules Verne/CRIISEA, University of Nice–Sophia Antipolis and GREDEG – UMR 7321, France

• Contents:1. IntroductionRichard Arena and Agnès FestréPART I: KNOWLEGDE AND BELIEFS IN THE HISTORY OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS: MARSHALLIANS, AUSTRIANS AND WALRASIANS2. Expectations, Uncertainty and Beliefs in Marshallian and Post-Marshallian Analyses of Economic SystemsBrian J. Loasby3. Knowledge and Beliefs in Economics: The Case of the Austrian TraditionRichard Arena and Agnès Festré4. General Equilibrium, Co-ordination and Multiplicity on Spot MarketsRoger GuesneriePART II: KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEFS IN GAME THEORY5. Justifications of Game Theoretic Equilibrium NotionsBernard Walliser6. Game Theory and Players’ Beliefs on the PlayChristian SchmidtPART III: BELIEFS AND DECISION THEORY7. Beliefs and Dynamic ConsistencyJean-Marc Tallon and Jean-Christophe Vergnaud8. Utility or Rationality? Restricted or General Rationality?Raymond BoudonPART IV: KNOWLEDGE, BELIEFS AND COGNITIVE ECONOMICS9. The Cognitive Turning Point in Economics: Social Beliefs and ConventionsAndré Orléan10. A Cognitive Approach to Individual Learning: Some Experimental ResultsMarco Novarese and Salvatore RizzelloPART V: AGENTS, COMMUNITIES AND COLLECTIVE BELIEFS11. Consumer Communities, Self-organization and BeliefsStéphane Ngo-Maï and Alain Raybaut12. Informal Communication, Collective Beliefs and Corporate Culture: A Conception of the Organization as a ‘Community of Communities’Patrick Cohendet and Morad DianiIndex