The Routledge Handbook of Economic Expectations in Historical... - 9781032458601

The Routledge Handbook of Economic Expectations in Historical PerspectiveAuthor(s): Laetitia Lenel, Alexander Ntzenadel, Jochen Streb, Ingo Khler\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032458601, 978-1032458601\nSynopsis\nThe Routledge Handbook of Economic Expectations in Historical Perspective offers a one-stop reference that distills and summarizes the recent scholarship on economic expectations. Investigating the dynamics, effects, and determinants of economic expectations from a global perspective since the seventeenth century, this book enhances the understanding of expectation formation across time and space.\n\nExpectations drive economic decision-making and thus offer a fundamental key to understanding economic behavior. Given the centrality of economics to society, the historical study of economic expectations is a highly relevant endeavor, for which this volume provides an accessible starting point. Featuring.