Kauder History of Marginal Utility Theory

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4008-7774-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 2238, 272 Seiten, Web PDF

Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library

The author blends historical narrative with a topical approach and discusses such aspects of the theory as measurement, total value, and imputation.

Originally published in 1965.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Kauder, Emil

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftstheorie, Wirtschaftsphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Frontmatter, pg. i
Acknowledgments, pg. vii
Contents, pg. ix
Introduction: Object and Method, pg. xv
Chapter I. The Philosophical Background, pg. 3
Chapter II. Value-in-Use: The Forerunner of the Marginal Utility Theory, pg. 15
Chapter III. Marginalists before Gossen, pg. 30
Chapter IV. Gossen’s Synthesis, pg. 42
Chapter V. The Rise of Marginalism, pg. 55
Chapter VI. The Achievements: A Comparison of Menger, Jevons, and Walras, pg. 66
Chapter VII. Sources and New Ideas, pg. 81
Chapter VIII. Differences in Philosophy and Method, pg. 90
Chapter IX. The Dominant Position of the Austrian School, pg. 103
Chapter X. Rationality and Marginal Utility, pg. 116
Chapter XI. The Meaning of Utility, pg. 127
Chapter XII. The Law of Diminishing Utility, pg. 135
Chapter XIII. Diminishing Utility and Marginal Substitution, pg. 143
Chapter XIV. Total and Marginal Value, pg. 150
Chapter XV. Household Planning, pg. 161
Chapter XVI. Costs and Marginal Utility, pg. 168
Chapter XVII. Imputation-I. Menger, Boehm- Bawerk, and Harts Mayer, pg. 177
Chapter XVIII. Imputation-II. Wieser, von Neumann, and Morgenstern: The Mathematical Solutions, pg. 185
Chapter XIX. The Measuring of Utility: Development Until 1934, pg. 191
Chapter XX. Uncertainty and Measuring, pg. 200
Chapter XXI. The Contemporary Situation, pg. 221
Chapter XXII. The Chance of Survival, pg. 229
Sources and Literature, pg. 232
Index, pg. 237