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The formation of conventional expectations under strong uncertainty: a comment

David Dequech (Institute of Economics, University of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil)

International Journal of Social Economics

ISSN: 0306-8293

Article publication date: 1 December 2005

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Abstract

Purpose

This paper comments on Theodore Koutsobinas's recent contribution to the debate on the formation of expectations in situations of strong uncertainty.

Design/methodology/approach

The set of comments focuses not on doctrinal‐historical issues, but on Koutsobinas's theoretical framework, which is, in turn, a modified version of the analytical scheme of the state of expectations presented in the present author's 1999 article in the Journal of Post Keynesian Economics.

Findings

The paper demonstrates that the original framework developed in the 1999 “Expectations and confidence” article is general enough to accommodate Koutsobinas's concern with conventional expectations. It also shows that some ways of using that framework to discuss conventions have already been explored in subsequent work. The interesting points made by Professor Koutsobinas can thus be investigated with the original framework, without the changes he suggests.

Originality/value

The paper clarifies some elements of the theory of expectations and confidence formation and its use to study conventional and unconventional behaviour.

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Citation

Dequech, D. (2005), "The formation of conventional expectations under strong uncertainty: a comment", International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 32 No. 12, pp. 1063-1068. https://doi.org/10.1108/03068290510631015

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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