Yuval Millo is lecturer in the Department of Accounting at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Having background in the sociology of science and economic sociology, Yuval Millo applies qualitative approaches combined with social networks analysis in the study of financial risk management and corporate governance. Among his latest publications are `Negotiating a Market, Performing Theory: The Historical Sociology of a Financial Derivatives Exchange' (American Journal of Sociology, 2003, with Donald MacKenzie), `From Risks to Second-order Dangers in Financial Markets: Unintended Consequences of Risk Management Systems' (New Political Economy, 2005, with Boris Holzer), and `Regulatory Experiments: Genetically Modified Crops and Financial Derivatives on Trial' (Science and Public Policy, 2006, with J. Lezaun).
Fabian Muniesa is a researcher at the Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation, within the Ecole des Mines de Paris. His work primarily aims at analysing the role of technical instruments in the shaping of markets and at contributing to an empirical, pragmatist approach to the study of calculation. He is the author of several articles and book chapters on the social studies of finance. His main research topics in this area are trading technologies and the automation of financial markets. He is also the co-editor (with D. MacKenzie and L. Siu) of Do Economists Make Markets? On the Performativity of Economics (Princeton University Press, 2007). His current research interests include economic experiments, public management and the sociology of architecture.
2. Calculators, Lemmings or Frame-makers? The Intermediary Role of Securities Analysts: Daniel Beunza and Raghu Garud.
3. Where Do Analysts Come From? The Case of Financial Chartism: Alex Preda.
4. The Death of a Salesman? Reconfiguring Economic Exchange in Swedish Post-war Food Distribution: Hans Kjellberg.
5. Struggling to Be Displayed at the Point of Purchase: The Emergence of Merchandising in French Supermarkets: Sandrine Barrey.
6. A Sociology of Market-things: On Tending the Garden of Choices in Mass Retailing: Franck Cochoy.
7. A Market of Opinions: The Political Epistemology of Focus Groups: Javier Lezaun.
8. Performance Testing: Dissection of a Consumerist Experiment: Alexandre Mallard.
9. Framing Fish, Making Markets: The Construction of Individual Transferable Quotas (ITQs): Petter Holm and Kare Nolde Nielsen.
10. Making Things Deliverable: The Origins of Index-based Derivatives: Yuval Millo.
11. The Q(u)ALYfying Hand: Health Economics and Medicine in the Shaping of Swedish Mmarkets for Subsidized Pharmaceuticals: Ebba Sjoegren and Claes-Fredrik Helgesson.
12. Price as a Market Device: Cotton Trading in Izmir Mercantile Exchange: Koray Caliskan.
13. Parasitic Formulae: The Case of Capital Guarantee Products: Vincent-Antonin Lepinay.
14. Scorecards as Devices for Consumer Credit: The Case of Fair, Isaac & Company Incorporated: Martha Poon.
Notes on Contributors.
Index