The Hayek-L Seminar WebLog

Koppl seminar on Hayek-L -- June 22 - July 2

Roger Koppl will conduct an e-seminar between June 22 and July 2
on his book _Big Players and the Economic Theory of Expectations_ here on
the Hayek-L email list.

Order the book from Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0333678265/thefriedrhayeksc

or Palgrave:

http://www.palgrave.com/?cat alogue/?cat alogue.asp?Title_Id=0333678265

Read the introduction and summary here:

http://www.palgrave.com/pdfs/0333678265.pdf

Description:

Investment and all other economic actions depend on 'subjective' expectations.
The problem is how to construct a theory of expectations that assumes people
interpret their situations in unpredictable ways. Building on the evolutionary
economics of F.A.Hayek, Koppl gives us such a theory. This includes a theory of
'Big Players', demonstrating that discretionary policy interventions create
ignorance and uncertainty. The volume uses innovative methods to address many
vital problems in economic theory, and connects with many other schools of
economics including New Institutional Economics, Constitutional Economics and
Post Walsarian Economics.

Contents:
PART I: INTRODUCTION
An Overview of the Book
PART II: METHODOLOGY
Mises
Schutz
Hayek
PART III: THEORY
Language Games and Economic Theory
Expectations
Big Players
PART IV: APPLICATIONS
Ruble
Angular Distribution
Money Demand
Coda
Appendices
Index

About Roger Koppl:

"I am a Professor of Economics and Finance. I edit Advances in Austrian
Economics. I am a member of the advisory board of Review of Political Economy
and an associate editor of Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.

My main research interest has been the economic theory of expectations. Lately,
I've been trying to think of ways to improve police forensics. Please visit my
forensics website by clicking on the link at the bottom of the page.

My thinking has been influenced by many traditions, including Austrian
Economics, New Instutional economics, complexity theory, evolutionary
psychology, and phenomenological sociology. My approach to economics combines
the humanism of hermeneutical social science with the more obviously scientific
tools of mathematics and statistics. If you want to know more about my research,
please click the link to my online CV. From there you can click to several of my
articles as well as the first chapter of my recent book on economic
expectations, published by Palgrave Macmillan."

Roger Koppl's web page is at:

http://inside.fdu.edu/pt/koppl.html

Roger Koppl's email address is:

koppl@fdu.edu

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Posted by Greg Ransom at June 7, 2003 12:06 PM