This highly original book develops a systematic zero-net-profit comparative statics theory of the firm that challenges many widely held views in microeconomics. It builds a bridge between the marginalist long-run theory of the firm and Sraffian theory to create a unified theoretical framework that explains how firms react to exogenous shocks resulting in new equilibrium positions of the whole economy. The central message of the book is that too often economists expect more from the microeconomic laws of input demand and output supply than they can really give. The authors show that the...
This highly original book develops a systematic zero-net-profit comparative statics theory of the firm that challenges many widely held views in micro...
Written for academic researchers and graduate students, this ambitious and highly original book shows how work from two disparate traditions, the marginalist long-run theory of the firm and Sraffian theory, can be used to build a framework that sheds new light on the microeconomics of industry equilibrium.
Written for academic researchers and graduate students, this ambitious and highly original book shows how work from two disparate traditions, the marg...
