The agents of production are the commodities themselves. On the classical theory of production, distribution and value

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-26

  Kurz, Heinz D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Classical economics; Distribution; Piero Sraffa; Production; Profits; Value; Wages

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 31044449074     PISSN: 0954349X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2005.04.001     Document Type: Article

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