1st Edition

Foundations of Organisational Economics Histories and Theories of the Firm and Production

By Paul Walker Copyright 2021
196 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

196 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

196 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

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. This includes the frameworks used to analyse production, the division of labour and its application to the firm and the development of the neoclassical model of... Read more

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

Biography

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.