Walrasian economics
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Walrasian economics
Cambridge University Press, 2011, c2006
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-343) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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 Leon 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.
Table of Contents
- Part I. Walras's Ideas: 1. General philosophy and methodology
- 2. Economic philosophy and methodology
- 3. Methods of evaluation of economic theory
- 4. Human nature
- 5. Basic sub-models
- 6. Rationale for the written pledges sketch and its characteristics
- 7. Some bibliographical remarks
- 8. The definitive bibliography of the writings of Leon Walras
- Part II. Walras's Influence: 9. Models constructed by Walras's contemporaries and immediate successors
- 10. Models drawing upon the heritage of the written pledges sketch, 1930 to 1971
- 11. Concluding comments: Walras's ideas in modern economics.
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