Method and analysis in Piero Sraffa's 1925 critique of Marshallian economics

European Journal of the History of Economic Thought

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 569-594

  Signorino, Rodolfo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Marshall; Perfect competition; Sraffa; Variable returns

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744517300     PISSN: 09672567     EISSN: 14695936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09672560050210115     Document Type: Article

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