ABSTRACT

In recent years the understanding of the cognitive foundations of economic behavior has become increasingly important. This volume contains contributions from such leading scholars as Adam Brandenburger, Michael Bacharach and Patrick Suppes. It will be of great interest to academics and researchers involved in the field of economics and psychology as well as those interested in political economy more generally.

chapter 1|14 pages

Behavioral Finance and Markets *

chapter 2|15 pages

A Non-Expected Glance at Markets

Financial Models and Knightian Uncertainty

chapter 4|8 pages

Correlated Communication

chapter 6|12 pages

Framing and Cognition in Economics *

The Bad News and the Good

chapter 7|19 pages

Language and Economics *

chapter 8|10 pages

Learning from Cases

A Unified Framework

chapter 10|31 pages

Rationality, Habits and Freedom

chapter 11|41 pages

For a “Cognitive Program”

Explicit Mental Representations for Homo Oeconomicus (the Case of Trust)

chapter 12|27 pages

The Structured Event Complex and the Human Prefrontal Cortex

The Economic Brain