Cognitive Economics

• Main Author: Walliser, Bernard (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Subjects: Philosophy and social sciences.; Economic theory.; Cognitive psychology.; Economics.; Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.; Cognitive Psychology.; Philosophy of the Social Sciences.

As a manifestation of a 'cognitive turn' observable in all social sciences, Cognitive Economics is concerned with the beliefs and mental operations held by actors placed within a dynamical and strategic environment. It appears as a synthesis of an educative research program, dealing with c...

Table of Contents:

• Structure of individual beliefs
• Change of individual beliefs
• Decision-making as reasoning
• Dynamic action and belief revision
• Coordination of players through beliefs
• Learning processes among players
• Communication and reasoning in an economic system
• Evolution of the economic system.