Author: Peter Lewin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110875273X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
This Element presents a new framework for Austrian capital theory, starting from the notion that capital is value. Capital is the value attributed by the valuer at any moment in time to the combination of production-goods and labor available for production. Capital is the result obtained by calculating the current value of a business-unit or business-project that employs resources over time. It is the result of a (subjective) entrepreneurial calculation process that relates the flow of consumptions goods to the value of the productive resources that will produce those consumptions goods. The entrepreneur is a ubiquitous calculating presence. In a review of the development of Austrian capital theory, by Carl Menger, Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk, Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich Hayek, Ludwig Lachmann as well as recent contributions, the Element incorporates the seminal contributions into the new framework in order to provide a more accessible perspective on Austrian capital theory.
Austrian Capital Theory
Author: Peter Lewin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110875273X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
This Element presents a new framework for Austrian capital theory, starting from the notion that capital is value. Capital is the value attributed by the valuer at any moment in time to the combination of production-goods and labor available for production. Capital is the result obtained by calculating the current value of a business-unit or business-project that employs resources over time. It is the result of a (subjective) entrepreneurial calculation process that relates the flow of consumptions goods to the value of the productive resources that will produce those consumptions goods. The entrepreneur is a ubiquitous calculating presence. In a review of the development of Austrian capital theory, by Carl Menger, Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk, Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich Hayek, Ludwig Lachmann as well as recent contributions, the Element incorporates the seminal contributions into the new framework in order to provide a more accessible perspective on Austrian capital theory.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110875273X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
This Element presents a new framework for Austrian capital theory, starting from the notion that capital is value. Capital is the value attributed by the valuer at any moment in time to the combination of production-goods and labor available for production. Capital is the result obtained by calculating the current value of a business-unit or business-project that employs resources over time. It is the result of a (subjective) entrepreneurial calculation process that relates the flow of consumptions goods to the value of the productive resources that will produce those consumptions goods. The entrepreneur is a ubiquitous calculating presence. In a review of the development of Austrian capital theory, by Carl Menger, Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk, Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich Hayek, Ludwig Lachmann as well as recent contributions, the Element incorporates the seminal contributions into the new framework in order to provide a more accessible perspective on Austrian capital theory.
Capital and Time
Author: J. R. Hicks
Publisher: Clarendon Press
ISBN: 0191521256
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
This book, first published in 1973, takes up an important approach to capital which had gone out of fashion. It is being reissued in paperback in recognition of the recent renewed interest in this approach. The 'Austrian' theory of capital concentrates on the inputs and outputs in the productive process, and has an advantage over more modern theories of economic dynamics in that it is more naturally expressible in economic terms: the production process over time is taken as a whole, rather than disintegrated. However, this approach had been largely abandoned because it seemed to be unable to deal with fixed capital. Sir John overcomes this problem here by allowing for a sequence of outputs, and the consequences for dynamic economics are profound and novel.
Publisher: Clarendon Press
ISBN: 0191521256
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
This book, first published in 1973, takes up an important approach to capital which had gone out of fashion. It is being reissued in paperback in recognition of the recent renewed interest in this approach. The 'Austrian' theory of capital concentrates on the inputs and outputs in the productive process, and has an advantage over more modern theories of economic dynamics in that it is more naturally expressible in economic terms: the production process over time is taken as a whole, rather than disintegrated. However, this approach had been largely abandoned because it seemed to be unable to deal with fixed capital. Sir John overcomes this problem here by allowing for a sequence of outputs, and the consequences for dynamic economics are profound and novel.
Capital and Production
Author: Richard von Strigl
Publisher: Ludwig von Mises Institute
ISBN: 1610164822
Category : Capital
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Publisher: Ludwig von Mises Institute
ISBN: 1610164822
Category : Capital
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Capital and Its Structure
Author: Ludwig M. Lachmann
Publisher: Ludwig von Mises Institute
ISBN: 1610165276
Category : Capital
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Publisher: Ludwig von Mises Institute
ISBN: 1610165276
Category : Capital
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
The Positive Theory of Capital
Author: Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk
Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Von Boehm-Bawerk is one of the leading economists of the so-called Austrian school. With Karl Menger and others, he has contributed to the development of a theory of value which has received wide acceptance, and has been the cause of still wider discussion, in the economic world. This theory, as elaborated by Boehm von Bawerk, is based largely upon psychological principles. Its chief feature consists in a searching analysis of ‘subjective value.’ In his “Capital and Interest”, the author makes a brilliant and original study of these two subjects. “The Positive Theory of Capital” is the successor to the work mentioned above.
Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Von Boehm-Bawerk is one of the leading economists of the so-called Austrian school. With Karl Menger and others, he has contributed to the development of a theory of value which has received wide acceptance, and has been the cause of still wider discussion, in the economic world. This theory, as elaborated by Boehm von Bawerk, is based largely upon psychological principles. Its chief feature consists in a searching analysis of ‘subjective value.’ In his “Capital and Interest”, the author makes a brilliant and original study of these two subjects. “The Positive Theory of Capital” is the successor to the work mentioned above.
Capital, Interest, and Rent
Author: Frank A. Fetter
Publisher: Ludwig von Mises Institute
ISBN: 1610165047
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Publisher: Ludwig von Mises Institute
ISBN: 1610165047
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Capital and Finance
Author: Peter Lewin
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 0429633181
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
This book applies finance to the field of capital theory. While financial economics is a well-established field of study, the specific application of finance to capital theory remains unexplored. It is the first book to comprehensively study this financial application, which also includes modern financial tools such as Economic Value Added (EVA®). A financial application to the problem of the average period of production includes two discussions that unfold naturally from this application. The first one relates to the dual meaning of capital, one as a monetary fund and the other one as physical (capital) goods. The second concerns its implications for business-cycle theories. This second topic (1) provides a solid financial microeconomic foundation for business cycles and, also (2) makes it easy to compare different business-cycle theories across the average period of production dimension. By clarifying the obscure concept of average period of production, the authors make it easier to analyze the similarities with and differences from other business-cycle theories. By connecting finance with capital theory, they provide a new point of view and analysis of the long-standing problems in capital theory as well as other related topics such as the use of neoclassical production functions and theorizing about business cycles. Finally, they emphasize that the relevance of their application rests on both its policy implications and its contributions to contemporary economic theory.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 0429633181
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
This book applies finance to the field of capital theory. While financial economics is a well-established field of study, the specific application of finance to capital theory remains unexplored. It is the first book to comprehensively study this financial application, which also includes modern financial tools such as Economic Value Added (EVA®). A financial application to the problem of the average period of production includes two discussions that unfold naturally from this application. The first one relates to the dual meaning of capital, one as a monetary fund and the other one as physical (capital) goods. The second concerns its implications for business-cycle theories. This second topic (1) provides a solid financial microeconomic foundation for business cycles and, also (2) makes it easy to compare different business-cycle theories across the average period of production dimension. By clarifying the obscure concept of average period of production, the authors make it easier to analyze the similarities with and differences from other business-cycle theories. By connecting finance with capital theory, they provide a new point of view and analysis of the long-standing problems in capital theory as well as other related topics such as the use of neoclassical production functions and theorizing about business cycles. Finally, they emphasize that the relevance of their application rests on both its policy implications and its contributions to contemporary economic theory.
Value, Capital, and Rent
Author: Knut Wicksell
Publisher: Ludwig von Mises Institute
ISBN: 1610163117
Category : Capital
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Publisher: Ludwig von Mises Institute
ISBN: 1610163117
Category : Capital
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
The Austrian Theory of Value and Capital
Author: Klaus Hennings
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Economist Hennings had not completed the revision for publication of his 1972-73 doctoral dissertation for Oxford University when he died suddenly in 1986, so the original work, nearly unchanged, is presented here. After reviewing the Austrian economist Bohm-Bawerk's (1851-1914) life, Hennings details his theory of value, capital, and interest within the context of 19th-century German economic thought and the development of neo-classical economic theory. The first English translation of his letters to Knut Wicksell are also included. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Economist Hennings had not completed the revision for publication of his 1972-73 doctoral dissertation for Oxford University when he died suddenly in 1986, so the original work, nearly unchanged, is presented here. After reviewing the Austrian economist Bohm-Bawerk's (1851-1914) life, Hennings details his theory of value, capital, and interest within the context of 19th-century German economic thought and the development of neo-classical economic theory. The first English translation of his letters to Knut Wicksell are also included. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
The Oxford Handbook of Austrian Economics
Author: Peter J. Boettke
Publisher:
ISBN: 0199811768
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 833
Book Description
The Austrian School of Economics is an intellectual tradition in economics and political economy dating back to Carl Menger in the late-19th century. Menger stressed the subjective nature of value in the individual decision calculus. Individual choices are indeed made on the margin, but the evaluations of rank ordering of ends sought in the act of choice are subjective to individual chooser. For Menger, the economic calculus was about scarce means being deployed to pursue an individual's highest valued ends. The act of choice is guided by subjective assessments of the individual, and is open ended as the individual is constantly discovering what ends to pursue, and learning the most effective way to use the means available to satisfy those ends. This school of economic thinking spread outside of Austria to the rest of Europe and the United States in the early-20th century and continued to develop and gain followers, establishing itself as a major stream of heterodox economics. The Oxford Handbook of Austrian Economics provides an overview of this school and its theories. The various contributions discussed in this book all reflect a tension between the Austrian School's orthodox argumentative structure (rational choice and invisible hand) and its addressing of a heterodox problem situations (uncertainty, differential knowledge, ceaseless change). The Austrian economists from the founders to today seek to derive the invisible hand theorem from the rational choice postulate via institutional analysis in a persistent and consistent manner. Scholars and students working in the field of History of Economic Thought, those following heterodox approaches, and those both familiar with the Austrian School or looking to learn more will find much to learn in this comprehensive volume.
Publisher:
ISBN: 0199811768
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 833
Book Description
The Austrian School of Economics is an intellectual tradition in economics and political economy dating back to Carl Menger in the late-19th century. Menger stressed the subjective nature of value in the individual decision calculus. Individual choices are indeed made on the margin, but the evaluations of rank ordering of ends sought in the act of choice are subjective to individual chooser. For Menger, the economic calculus was about scarce means being deployed to pursue an individual's highest valued ends. The act of choice is guided by subjective assessments of the individual, and is open ended as the individual is constantly discovering what ends to pursue, and learning the most effective way to use the means available to satisfy those ends. This school of economic thinking spread outside of Austria to the rest of Europe and the United States in the early-20th century and continued to develop and gain followers, establishing itself as a major stream of heterodox economics. The Oxford Handbook of Austrian Economics provides an overview of this school and its theories. The various contributions discussed in this book all reflect a tension between the Austrian School's orthodox argumentative structure (rational choice and invisible hand) and its addressing of a heterodox problem situations (uncertainty, differential knowledge, ceaseless change). The Austrian economists from the founders to today seek to derive the invisible hand theorem from the rational choice postulate via institutional analysis in a persistent and consistent manner. Scholars and students working in the field of History of Economic Thought, those following heterodox approaches, and those both familiar with the Austrian School or looking to learn more will find much to learn in this comprehensive volume.