Bertil Ohlin

Bertil Ohlin
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Publisher : MIT Press
Total Pages : 586
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ISBN-10 : 0262062283
ISBN-13 : 9780262062282
Rating : 4/5 (83 Downloads)

Synopsis Bertil Ohlin by : Ronald Findlay

Bertil Ohlin, international trade theorist, winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Economics, and leader of the Swedish Liberal Party for more than twenty years, is considered to be the major single influence on the development of international economics in the twentieth century. This volume, celebrating the centennial of Ohlin's birth, examines his life and his influence on modern economic thought. It also contains the first English translation of his licentiate thesis, in which he first set out his theory of international trade.

Heckscher-Ohlin Trade Theory

Heckscher-Ohlin Trade Theory
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Publisher : MIT Press (MA)
Total Pages : 248
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105035353544
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Rating : 4/5 (44 Downloads)

Synopsis Heckscher-Ohlin Trade Theory by : Eli Filip Heckscher

This book presents the corrected and first complete translation from Swedish of Heckscher's 1919 article on foreign trade as well as a translation from Swedish of Ohlin's 1924 Ph.D. dissertation, the main source of the now famous Heckscher-Ohlin theorem.

The Craft of Economics

The Craft of Economics
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Publisher : MIT Press
Total Pages : 207
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ISBN-10 : 9780262300834
ISBN-13 : 0262300834
Rating : 4/5 (34 Downloads)

Synopsis The Craft of Economics by : Edward E. Leamer

A review of the Heckscher–Ohlin framework prompts a noted economist to consider the methodology of economics. In this spirited and provocative book, Edward Leamer turns an examination of the Heckscher–Ohlin framework for global competition into an opportunity to consider the craft of economics: what economists do, what they should do, and what they shouldn't do. Claiming “a lifetime relationship with Heckscher–Ohlin,” Leamer argues that Bertil Ohlin's original idea offered something useful though vague and not necessarily valid; the economists who later translated his ideas into mathematical theorems offered something precise and valid but not necessarily useful. He argues further that the best economists keep formal and informal thinking in balance. An Ohlinesque mostly prose style can let in faulty thinking and fuzzy communication; a mostly math style allows misplaced emphasis and opaque communication. Leamer writes that today's model- and math-driven economics needs more prose and less math. Leamer shows that the Heckscher–Ohlin framework is still useful, and that there is still much work to be done with it. But he issues a caveat about economists: “What we do is not science, it's fiction and journalism.” Economic theory, he writes, is fiction (stories, loosely connected to the facts); data analysis is journalism (facts, loosely connected to the stories). Rather than titling the two sections of his book Theory and Evidence, he calls them Economic Fiction and Econometric Journalism, explaining, “If you find that startling, that's good. I am trying to keep you awake.”

The Economics of International Transfers

The Economics of International Transfers
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 233
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ISBN-10 : 9780521572149
ISBN-13 : 0521572142
Rating : 4/5 (49 Downloads)

Synopsis The Economics of International Transfers by : Steven Brakman

An economic analysis of the theory, modelling and history of international transfers.

International Trade

International Trade
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 448
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ISBN-10 : 9781134731114
ISBN-13 : 1134731116
Rating : 4/5 (14 Downloads)

Synopsis International Trade by : Nigel Grimwade

First Published in 1967. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Swedish Economic Thought

Swedish Economic Thought
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 407
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ISBN-10 : 9781134938100
ISBN-13 : 1134938101
Rating : 4/5 (00 Downloads)

Synopsis Swedish Economic Thought by : Lars Jonung

The impact of Swedish economists on the development of modern economic analysis has been profound. This volume contains twelve essays dealing with various aspects of the development of economics and economic thought from the mid 18th century to the middle of the 20th century. Most of the essays cover the golden age of Swedish economics, the early decades of the 20th century, and deal with such figures as Knut Wicksell, Gustav Cassel, Eli Heckscher, Bertil Ohlin, Erik Lindahl and Erik Lundberg. The book includes a chapter on an unpublished manuscript of Knut Wicksell's which is reproduced in English for the first time

An Introduction to Geographical Economics

An Introduction to Geographical Economics
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 378
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ISBN-10 : 0521779677
ISBN-13 : 9780521779678
Rating : 4/5 (77 Downloads)

Synopsis An Introduction to Geographical Economics by : Steven Brakman

The need for a better understanding of the role location plays in economic life was first and most famously made explicit by Bertil Ohlin in 1933. However it is only recently, with the development of computer packages able to handle complex systems, as well as advances in economic theory (in particular an increased understanding of returns to scale and imperfect competition), that Ohlin s vision has been met and a framework developed which explains the distribution of economic activity across space. This book is an integrated, non-mathematical, first-principles textbook presenting geographical economics to advanced students. Never avoiding advanced concepts, its emphasis is on examples, diagrams, and empirical evidence, making it the ideal starting point prior to monographic and journal material. Contains copious computer simulation exercises, available in book and electronic format to encourage learning and understanding through application. Uses case study material from North America, Europe, Africa and Australasia.

Economic Theory in the Twentieth Century, An Intellectual History—Volume II

Economic Theory in the Twentieth Century, An Intellectual History—Volume II
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Publisher : Springer Nature
Total Pages : 436
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ISBN-10 : 9783030809874
ISBN-13 : 3030809870
Rating : 4/5 (74 Downloads)

Synopsis Economic Theory in the Twentieth Century, An Intellectual History—Volume II by : Roberto Marchionatti

This book, set out over three-volumes, provides a comprehensive history of economic thought in the 20th century with special attention to the cultural and historical background in the development of theories, to the leading or the peripheral research communities and their interactions, and finally to an assessment and critical appreciation of economic theories. Volume II addresses economic theory in the period between the two world wars in which the economic theory went through a process of criticism of old mainstream, deconstruction and reconstruction and theoretical ferment which involved the intellectual communities of economists emphasizing their nature of evolving interacting entities. This work provides a significant and original contribution to the history of economic thought and gives insight to the thinking of some of the major international figures in economics. It will appeal to students, scholars and the more informed reader wishing to further their understanding of the history of the discipline.