This book is a translation of the Danish book 'Økonomisk Teori og Metode' (Nyt Nordisk Forlag, Copenhagen, 1942) thoroughly revised and considerably enlarged.
Author(s): Frederik Zeuthen
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Year: 1965
Language: English
Pages: xii+364
Tags: Economics
PART I: METHOD AND THEORIES
1 AIM OF THE BOOK
2 THE ROAD TO KNOWLEDGE
3 MATERIAL AND METHOD IN ECONOMICS
4 USE OF STATISTICS AND MATHEMATICS
5 ECONOMICS AND POLITICS
6 THE SCOPE OF ECONOMICS
7 DIFFERENT TYPES OF THEORIES
8 SUCCESSIVE TREATMENT OF THE PROBLEMS
9 MORE ABOUT THE STATIC ASSUMPTION
PART II: ECONOMIC LIFE: A NETWORK OF PARTIAL INTERDEPENDENCES
10 THE ECONOMIC NETWORK
11 WALRAS' SYSTEM OF EQUATIONS
12 THEORETICAL REFLECTIONS AND PRACTICAL "SOLUTIONS" OF THE EQUATIONS
13 A MINIATURE MODEL
14 THE ECONOMIC CIRCULATION
15 DIFFERENT TECHNICAL COMBINATIONS BETWEEN COMMODITIES AND PRODUCTIVE SERVICES
16 DETERMINING ELEMENTS UNDER STATIC FREE COMPETITION
17 PARTIAL AND TOTAL ANALYSIS
18 EXTENSION OF ASSUMPTIONS
19 DEMAND AND UTILITY
20 PRODUCTION, COST AND SUPPLY
21 SUPPLY OF PRODUCTIVE SERVICES
22 THE SETTING OF THE PROBLEM OF DISTRIBUTION
PART III: DYNAMICS
23 STATICS AND DYNAMICS
24 LIMITED APPLICABILITY OF STATIC THEORY
25 IS THERE A TENDENCY TOWARDS A DEFINITE STATIC EQUILIBRIUM?
26 STABILITY OF EQUILIBRIUM
27 MOVEMENT IN TIME. INCREASE. ACCELERATION
28 TIME-CONSUMING PROCESSES. LAGS
29 DYNAMIC SYSTEMS OF EQUATIONS
30 DYNAMIZATION OF WALRAS' EQUATIONS
31 INDEX-EQUATIONS ("MACRO-DYNAMICS")
32 UNCERTAINTY, EXPECTATION, AND PROBABILITY
33 PLANS
34 EX ANTE—EX POST
35 SEQUENCE ANALYSIS
36 THE COBWEB CASE
37 RISK, GAIN AND LOSS
38 THE POSITION OF THE ENTREPRENEUR
39 THE CIRCULAR FLOW
40 INCOME, SAVING AND INVESTMENT
41 TRADE IN CAPITAL VALUES
42 EMPLOYMENT, INTEREST AND MONEY
43 TYPES OF ECONOMIC VARIATION
44 DEVELOPMENT, STRUCTURE AND CAUSATION
PART IV: FORMS OF MARKET AND STRUCTURE OF SOCIETY
45 INTRODUCTION
46 MONOPOLY AND COMPETITION
47 MONOPOLY PRICE
48 BETWEEN MONOPOLY AND COMPETITION
49 TYPES OF MARKETS
50 A COLLECTION OF THEORETICAL MODELS
51 ENTRY AND LOCATION IN MARKETS
52 ADVERTISING AND OTHER NON-PRICE COMPETITION
53 QUALITY VARIATIONS
54 SEVERAL PRICES AND SEVERAL PRODUCTS IN THE SAME FIRM
55 BUYERS' MONOPOLY—MONOPOLY OF PRODUCTIVE SERVICES
56 BILATERAL MONOPOLY
57 ECONOMIC WARFARE
58 DYNAMICS AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE MARKET
59 AIMS AND BEHAVIOR
60 COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR
61 EXPERIENCE IN MARKET FORMS AND PRICE POLICY
62 THE ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF MARKET FORMS
63 PROPERTY AND POWER
64 THE POWER OF THE STATE AND THE STRUCTURE OF SOCIETY
