Expectations Theory and Applications from Historical Perspectives

Warren Young  is a Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Economics, Bar-Ilan University, Israel. His academic work focuses on the history of modern economics, and energy economics. His publications include Interpreting Mr Keynes  (1987);  Harrod and his Trade Cycle Group  (1989);  Oxford Economics and Oxford Economists  (1993, with F. Lee);  Atomic Energy Costing  (1998);  Economics, Economists, and Expectations  (2004, with R. Leeson and W. Darity);  Real Business Cycles in Economics  (2014), and a survey series on the history of growth theory for  Macroeconomic Dynamics  (with S. Spear). He has edited  IS-LM and Modern Macroeconomics  (Springer, 2000, with B. Zilberfarb), and two conference volumes (with A. Arnon) for Springer. He has been a Visiting Professor at Victoria University of Wellington, Deakin University, Carnegie-Mellon University, and ArizonaState University. He was a consultant to the Archives Project, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.

Arie Arnon  is a Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Economics, Ben-Gurion University, Israel. His  academic work focuses on macroeconomics, monetary theory and policy, and history of economic thought. His publications include Thomas Tooke: Pioneer of Monetary Theory  (1991), and  Monetary Theory and Policy from Hume and Smith to Wicksell: Money, Credit and the Economy  (2011). He has edited two conference volumes with W.Young:  The Open Economy Macromodel  (Springer, 2002); and Perspectives on Keynesian Economics  (Springer, 2011; co-editor with W. Young and J. Weinblatt). He has been a Visiting Professor at Stanford, the University of California Berkeley, SOAS (London) and the University of Pennsylvania. He was a Senior Economist at the Research Department of the Bank of Israel and a consultant to the WorldBank.

Karine van der Beek is a senior lecturer at the department of economics at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and a research affiliate at the Centre of Economic Policy Research (CEPR). She specializes in European economic history and long-run economic growth with a specific interest in political institutions, human capital and technological change. Her publications include: The Effects of Political Fragmentation on Investments": A case Study of Watermill Construction in Medieval Ponthieu, France (2010); Political Fragmentation, Competition and Investment Decisions: The Medieval Grinding Industry in Ponthieu, France: 1150-1250 (2010); Market Forces Shaping Human Capital in Eighteenth Century London (2015); Skill Choice and Skill Complementarity in Eighteenth Century England (2016);  and Flexible Supply of Apprenticeship in the British Industrial Revolution (2017). Karine’s current research examines the persistent relationship between watermills, millwrights and industrialization in eighteenth century England.