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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 March 2019
      07 February 2019
      ISBN:
      9780511791598
      9781107004696
      9780521181136
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9780511791598
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.62kg, 360 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.52kg, 360 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Economics, Economics: General Interest, Psychology, Psychology: General Interest
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    Richard Curtin has directed the University of Michigan's consumer sentiment surveys for more than four decades. His analyses of recent trends in consumer expectations are regularly covered in the worldwide press. In this book, Curtin presents a new theory of expectations. Whereas conventional theories presume that consumers play a passive role in the macro economy, simply reacting to current trends in incomes, prices, and interest rates, Curtin proposes a new empirically consistent theory. He argues that expectations are formed by an automatic process that utilizes conscious and nonconscious processes, passion and reason, information from public and private sources, and social networks. Consumers ultimately reach a decision that serves both the micro decision needs of individuals and reflects the common influence of the macro environment. Drawing on empirical observations, Curtin not only demonstrates the importance of consumer sentiment, but also how it can foreshadow the cyclical turning points in the economy.

    Reviews

    'There is no one on earth who knows more about consumer expectations and the macroeconomy than Richard Curtin. All the rest of us have much to learn from this impressive book.'

    Alan S. Binder - Gordon S. Rentschler Memorial Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Princeton University, New Jersey

    'Richard Curtin has produced a tour de force about expectations and the macro economy, including the formation, construction, and measurement of expectations. Curtin was a colleague and friend of George Katona, and he learned very well at the Master’s ‘feet'.’

    Roger Frantz - San Diego State University

    'Unravelling the complexities of consumers’ expectations is a perennial challenge for economists. Richard Curtin’s Consumer Expectations provides fresh perspectives solidly grounded on real evidence from Michigan’s influential consumer sentiment surveys. It will be an invaluable guide for anyone interested in how uncertainty and complexity play out in modern macroeconomies.'

    Michelle Baddeley - Director and Research Professor, Institute for Choice, University of South Australia

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