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Language(s):
eng - English
Dates:
2018
Publication Status:
Issued
Pages:
xii, 333
Publishing info:
Oxford : Oxford University Press
Table of Contents:
1. An Introduction to Uncertain Futures
Jens Beckert and Richard Bronk
Section I The Nature of Expectations in Modern Political Economies
2. Expectations, Narratives, and Socio-Economic Regimes
Robert Boyer
3. Conviction Narrative Theory and Understanding Decision-Making in Economics and Finance
David Tuckett
4. Arctic Futures: Expectations, Interests, Claims, and the Making of Arctic Territory
Jenny Andersson
Section II The Strange World of Economic Forecasting
5. The Interactional Foundations of Economic Forecasting
Werner Reichmann
6. Escaping the Reality Test: How Macroeconomic Forecasters Deal with 'Errors'
Olivier Pilmis
7. Uncertainty in Macroeconomic Modelling
Andrew G. Haldane
Section III The Role of Narratives and Planning in Central Banking
8. A Tractable Future: Central Banks in Conversation with their Publics
Douglas R. Holmes
9. Central Bank Planning? Unconventional Monetary Policy and the Price of Bending the Yield Curve
Benjamin Braun
Section IV Constructing Futures in Finance
10. Predicted Uncertainty: Volatility Calculus and the Indeterminacy of the Future
Elena Esposito
11. Uncertain Meanings of Risk: Calculative Practices and Risk Conceptions in Credit Rating Agencies
Natalia Besedovsky
Section V Managing Expectations in Innovative Business
12. Processing the Future: Venture Project Evaluation at American Research and Development Corporation (1946–1973)
Martin Giraudeau
13. Discounting and the Making of the Future: On Uncertainty in Forest Management and Drug Development
Liliana Doganova
14. The Dilemma between Aligned Expectations and Diversity in Innovation: Evidence from Early Energy Technology Policies
Timur Ergen
Rev. Type:
-
Identifiers:
ISBN: 978-0-19-882080-2
Degree:
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