Jevons's theory of political economy and the ‘marginalist revolution’

European Journal of the History of Economic Thought

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-64

  Steedman, Ian ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catallatics; Distribution theory; General equilibrium; Jevons; Marginal utility; Marginalist revolution; Welfare economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013318983     PISSN: 09672567     EISSN: 14695936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10427719700000019     Document Type: Article

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