Richard Kahn’s short-term economics and the beginnings of oligopoly theory: a contribution to the history of contemporary economic thought

This article aims to contribute to the history of contemporaneous economicthought. It deals with Richard Kahn’s fellowship dissertation, and its influence on the developmentof the theory of imperfect competition and on the theory of oligopoly. It discussesthe author’s claim of being the first to cre...

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Autor: Heller, Claudia
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1998
País:Brasil
Institución:EDITORA 34
Repositorio:Revista de Economia Política
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs2.centrodeeconomiapolitica.org:article/1134
Acceso en línea:https://centrodeeconomiapolitica.org.br/repojs/index.php/journal/article/view/1134
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:História do pensamento econômico
Richard Kahn
concorrência imperfeita
oligopólio
keynesianismo
History of economic thought
imperfect competition
oligopoly
Keynesianism
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Sumario:This article aims to contribute to the history of contemporaneous economicthought. It deals with Richard Kahn’s fellowship dissertation, and its influence on the developmentof the theory of imperfect competition and on the theory of oligopoly. It discussesthe author’s claim of being the first to create the “kinked demand curve” even before thework of the Oxford Economic Research Group was initiated. It also argues that he developeda way of measuring the “degree of monopoly” before Kalecki. JEL Classification: B22; B21; B31.