Richard Arena

Nathalie Lazaric

Agnès Festré

'While there is growing recognition that understanding knowledge is at the very heart of economics, little work has thus far been forthcoming representing in a comprehensive and coherent way its fundamental nature and wide-ranging consequences for economic analysis. The editors are to be commended for having filled this critical gap by providing a well-organized collection of outstanding contributions. This rich and greatly needed Handbook is comprised of contributions about the role knowledge plays in the history of the discipline as well as the most significant current developments as we witness them, particularly in the branches of evolutionary, institutional and complexity economics.' – Kurt Dopfer, University of St Gallen, Switzerland Why do societies benefit differently from knowledge? How exactly does social interaction interfere with knowledge acquisition and diffusion? This original Handbook brings together a wide range of differing approaches to shed light on these questions and others relating to the role and relevance of knowledge in economic analysis. By illuminating the philosophical roots of the various notions of knowledge employed by economists, this Handbook helps to disentangle conceptual and typological issues surrounding the debate on knowledge among economists. Wide-ranging in scope, it explores fundamental aspects of the relationship between knowledge and economics – such as the nature of knowledge, knowledge acquisition and knowledge diffusion. This important compendium embraces various fields and traditions of economic analysis and discusses the role of knowledge in 21 papers from outstanding international scholars. Advanced scholars and postgraduate students interested in cross-fertilization between different fields of economic analysis will find this Handbook of considerable importance.

Handbook of Knowledge and Economics

Edward Lorenz

'This book is a welcome addition to two growing literatures in economics: on "trust" and "learning". . . . the book is well produced and well edited by Lazaric and Lorenz who provide a useful introduction and overview in their chapter on "The learning dynamics of trust, reputation and confidence".' - Jonathan Michie, the Economic Journal Trust and Economic Learning brings together innovative research by an internationally recognised group of scholars from Europe and the United States. the distinction between trust and a variety of related concepts, including reputation, implicit contracts and confidence is examined.

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