| Walrasian Economics Contributor(s): Walker, Donald A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521858550 ISBN-13: 9780521858557 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $96.90 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2006 Annotation: In order to understand the various strands of general equilibrium theory, why it has taken the forms that it has since the time of Leon Walras, and to appreciate fully a view of the present state of general equilibrium theorizing, it is essential to understand Walras??'s work and examine its influence. The first section of the book accordingly examines the foundations of Walras??'s work. These include his philosophical and methodological approach to economic modeling, his views on human nature, and the basic components of his general equilibrium models. The second section examines how the influence of his ideas has been manifested in the theorizing of his successors, surveying the models of theorists such as H. L. Moore, Vilfredo Pareto, Knut Wicksell, Gustav Cassel, Abraham Wald, John von Neumann, J. R. Hicks, Kenneth Arrow, and Gerard Debreu. The treatment also examines recent models of many types in which Walras??'s influence is explicitly acknowledged. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economics - Macroeconomics - Business & Economics | Economic History |
| Dewey: 339.501 |
| LCCN: 2005028592 |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6.36" W x 9.12" (1.34 lbs) 368 pages |
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| Publisher Description: In order to understand the various strands of general equilibrium theory, why it has taken the forms that it has since the time of L on Walras, and to appreciate fully a view of the state of general equilibrium theorising, it is essential to understand Walras's work and examine its influence. The first section of this book accordingly examines the foundations of Walras's work. These include his philosophical and methodological approach to economic modelling, his views on human nature, and the basic components of his general equilibrium models. The second section examines how the influence of his ideas has been manifested in the theorising of his successors, surveying the models of theorists such as H. L. Moore, Vilfredo Pareto, Knut Wicksell, Gustav Cassel, Abraham Wald, John von Neumann, J. R. Hicks, Kenneth Arrow, and Gerard Debreu. The treatment also examines models of many types in which Walras's influence is explicitly acknowledged. |