Foundations of Organisational Economics

Histories and Theories of the Firm and Production
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-0-367-72249-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 196 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 310 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

Foundations of Organisational Economics: Histories and Theories of the Firm and Production delves into a range of key topics to do with the history of the mainstream approach to the theory of production and the theory of the firm.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Walker, Paul

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Mikroökonomie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftstheorie, Wirtschaftsphilosophie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction; 2 Normative versus positive analysis in the history of the theory of production; 3 The division of labour and the theory of the firm; 4 Proto-neoclassicals and the theory of production; Appendix: a very brief history of perfect competition; 5 The representative firm; 6 The neoclassical model under fire 1940–1970; 7 Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Paul Walker is an economist based in Christchurch, New Zealand. He received his PhD in economics from the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. His research is mainly to do with the history of economic thought and the theory of the firm. He is author of The Theory of the Firm: An Overview of the Economic Mainstream and A Brief Prehistory of the Theory of the Firm, both published by Routledge.