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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| 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 |
| 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. |
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