This annual volume includes papers on: Edwin Cannan, economic theory and the history of economic thought; Gardiner C. Means, the relation of his administered price hypothesis to neoclassical price theory; Alfred Marshall's approach to economics differed from later neoclassical economics; and notes taken by Victor E. Smith from lectures by William Jaffe on Alfred Marshall. Review essays on a variety of topics is included: the quantity theory of money; the Ricardian epistemological tradition; the history of corporate finance; economics and anthropology; Joseph A. Schumpter; economic dynamics; economics and ethics; the history of time series analysis in economics; and Alfred Marshall's correspondence.

Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology (Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, 17)

Business & Money

Samuels, Warren J.

Biddle, Jeff E.

Economics

Emerald Publishing Limited

This work contains articles on Adam Smith, Antonio Horta Ororio, John Maynard Keynes, and on methodological, interpretive and policy issues of economic development in Ghana. It also contains review essays on twenty-two new books on the history and methodology of economics.

A Research Annual (Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, 20)

The Cobb-Douglas regression, a statistical technique developed to estimate what economists called a 'production function', was introduced in the late 1920s. For several years, only economist Paul Douglas and a few collaborators used the technique, while vigorously defending it against numerous critics. By the 1950s, however, several economists beyond Douglas's circle were using the technique, and by the 1970s, Douglas's regression, and more sophisticated procedures inspired by it, had become standard parts of the empirical economist's toolkit. This volume is the story of the Cobb-Douglas regression from its introduction to its acceptance as general-purpose research tool. The story intersects with the histories of several important empirical research programs in twentieth century economics, and vividly portrays the challenges of empirical economic research during that era. Fundamentally, this work represents a case study of how a controversial, innovative research tool comes to be widely accepted by a community of scholars.

Progress through Regression: The Life Story of the Empirical Cobb-Douglas Production Function (Historical Perspectives on Modern Economics)

Cambridge University Press

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Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology (Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, 17)

A Research Annual (Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, 20)

Progress through Regression: The Life Story of the Empirical Cobb-Douglas Production Function (Historical Perspectives on Modern Economics)