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Book SynopsisThis is an excerpt from the 4-volume dictionary of economics, a reference book which aims to define the subject of economics today. 1300 subject entries in the complete work cover the broad themes of economic theory. This extract concentrates on the topic of capital theory.
Table of ContentsQuantity of capital, P.Garegnani; debates in capital theory, B.D.Kurz; amortization, C.R.Hulten; Eugen von Bohm-Bawerk, K.H.Hennings; capital as a factor of production, K.H.Hennings; capital goods, H.Hagemann; capitalistic and acapitalistic production, L.F.Punzo; capital perversity, T.Hatta; capital theory - paradoxes - L.L.Pasinetti & R.Scazzieri; equal rates of profit, C.Bliss; factor price frontier, H.D.Kurz; Irving Fisher, J.Tobin; fixed capital, P.Varri; "Hahn Problem", F.H.Hahn; humbug production function, A.Shaikh; internal rate of return, H.Hagemann; maintaining capital intact, K.H.Hennings; optimal savings, S.Chakravarty; period of production, G.O.Orosel; Ramsey model, D.M.Newbery; reverse capital deepening, R.Scazzieri; roundabout methods of production, K.H.Hennings; time preference, M.N. Rothbard; waiting, K.H.Hennings; Walras's theory of capital, J.Eatwell; Wicksell effects, E.Burmeister; Wicksell's theory of capital, M.Pivetti.
