The transformation problem: Is the standard commodity a solution?

Review of Radical Political Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 265-281

  Sinha, Ajit ^a  

^a Department of Economics   (India)

Author keywords

Marx; Sraffa; Transformation problem

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034196360     PISSN: 04866134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/048661340003200204     Document Type: Article

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