This handbook brings together leading international scholars to provide a comprehensive overview of research and theory on the sociology of finance and the workings of financial institutions and financial markets.

Introduction -- Foundations: psychology -- Foundations: neuroscience and neuroeconomics -- Learning -- Socially and identity -- Heuristics and biases -- Prospects and regrets -- Personality, moods and emotions -- Time and plans -- Bad habits -- Financial instability -- Behavioural...

Introduction: capitalism and the boundaries of finance -- The boundaries of finance in the sociological tradition -- Prestige, at last: the social closure of the stock exchange -- Financial knowledge and the science of the market -- Close up: price data, machines, and organizational boundaries...