Sraffa and his arguments against 'marginism'

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 219-231

  Marcuzzo, Maria Cristina ^a,b   Rosselli, Annalisa ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Marginal method; Sraffa

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC THEORY; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; RESEARCH WORK; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 78651433769     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/beq005     Document Type: Article

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