On Political Economy and Econometrics

Essays in Honour of Oskar Lange

Sam Stuart

• Publisher: Pergamon
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN:
  9780080115887
• eBook ISBN:
  9781483185750
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Business General
• Index: Business

On Political Economy and Econometrics: Essays in Honor of Oskar Lange is a commemorative publication to celebrate the achievements of Polish economist and diplomat Oscar Lange. The book is a collection of papers that tackles various issues in economy. The coverage of the text includes articles that deal with economic problems and concerns, such as the problem of monetary liquidity; research on the measures of inequality and concentration; and consumer's sovereignty in a planned economy. The book also presents materials about various methods employed in managing economy, such as stochastic linear programming and its application to economic planning; the application of statistical and mathematical methods in studies of the allocation of productive powers; and on the control of production and investment in socialism. The text will be of great interest to economists, sociologists, political scientists, and game theorists.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• On Political Economy and Econometrics
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• BIOGRAPHY OF OSKAR LANGE
• Chapter 1. Economics of Two Worlds
• Chapter 2. Die Zeitsummenformel in System der Indexformeln (The Aggregate Formula of Labour Times in the System of Index Formulae)
• THE AGGREGATE FORMULA OF LABOUR TIMES IN THE SYSTEM OF INDEX FORMULAE
• Chapter 3. The Law of Value and the Problem of Allocation in Socialism
• Chapter 4. The Problem of Monetary Liquidity
• Chapter 5. Some Further Comments on the Discussion about Socialist Price-policy
• Chapter 6. Währungspolitik als Instrument wirtschaftlicher Machtentfaltung (The Importance of Monetary Policy as a Device of Shaping t...
• THE IMPORTANCE OF MONETARY POLICY AS A DEVICE FOR SHAPING THE ECONOMIC POSITION OF COUNTRIES
• Chapter 7. Some Thoughts about Mathematical Models in Relation to Economic Theory
• Chapter 8. The Calculation of the Economic Efficiency of Foreign Trade
• Chapter 9. Ricerche sulle misure di disegualianza e di concentrazione (Researches on the Measures of Inequality and Concentration)
• RESEARCHES ON THE MEASURES OF INEQUALITY AND CONCENTRATION
• Chapter 10. A Multilateral Trade Clearing Agency
• Chapter 11. A Note on the Rules of Behaviour for Competitive Socialism
• Chapter 12. External Economies via Infrastructure in a Two-Sector Model
• Chapter 13. Oskar Lange as a Theoretician of Historical Materialism
• Chapter 14. Econometric Model and Historical Materialism
• Chapter 15. TPУДOBAЯ TEOPИЯ CTOИMOCTИ И ЭKOHOMETPИKA
• THE LABOUR THEORY ÓF VALUE AND ECONOMETRICS
• Chapter 16. ПPOЦEHTHAЯ CTABКA B ΠEPCΠEКTИBHЬIX PACЧETAX ΠO ЭКOHOMИЧECКOЙ ЭΦΦEКTИBHOCTИ (The Labour Theory of Value and Econometrics)
• THE RATE OF INTEREST IN THE LONG-TERM ACCOUNTING OF ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY
• Chapter 17. Scheme of Reproduction under a System of Monopoly Price
• Chapter 18. Praxiology and Economics
• Chapter 19. Three Conceptions of the Political Economy of Socialism
• Chapter 20. Einige Überlegungen zu einigen modernen Tendenzen der Entwicklung des Nationalprodukts (Remarks on Some Modern Tendencies of t...
• REMARKS ON SOME MODERN TENDENCIES OF THE GROWTH OF NATIONAL PRODUCT
• Chapter 21. Fractile Graphical Analysis
• Chapter 22. Professor Oskar Lange on Economic Theory of Socialism and Yugoslav Economic Thinking
• Chapter 23. Zur Genesis der Schumpeterschen Theorie der Wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung (Contribution to the Genesis of Schumpeter's Theory...
• CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENESIS OF SCHUMPETER'S THEORY OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
• Chapter 24. CTATИCTИКA И COЦИOЛOГИЧECКИE ИCCЛEДOBAHИЯ B COBĘTCКOM COЮЗE (Statistics and Sociological Research in the U.S.S.R.)
• STATISTICS AND SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN THE U.S.S.R.
• Chapter 25. On the Control of Production and Investment in Socialism
• Chapter 26. Investment and Employment
• Chapter 27. ΠPИMEHEHИE CTATИCTИЧECКИX И MATEMATИЧECКИX METOДOB B ИCCЛEДOBAHИЯX PAЗMEЩEHИЯ ΠPOИЗBOДИTEЛЬHЬIX CИЛ
• THE APPLICATION OF STATISTICAL AND MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN STUDIES ON THE ALLOCATION OF PRODUCTIVE POWERS
• Chapter 28. Problems of Motivation and Economic Theory
• Chapter 29. Behavioristic Points of View on Mathematical Statistics
• Chapter 30. Les Industries Motrices et la Planification de la Croissance d'une Économie Nationale (Leading Industries and the Plann in...
• LEADING INDUSTRIES AND THE PLANNING OF ECONOMIC GROWTH
• Chapter 31. Analysis of Structural Dependences in Central Plan Construction
• Chapter 32. Consumer's Sovereignty in a Planned Economy
• Chapter 33. A Note on the Long-term Planning of New Industrial Developments
• Chapter 34. Aspects of Co-existence
• Chapter 35. Servo-Mechanisms and Controllers in Economic Theory and Policy
• Chapter 36. Transitional Planning
• Chapter 37. Some Notes on Hierarchy in Economic Planning
• Chapter 38. The Significance of Welfare Economics for Socialism
• Chapter 39. Stochastic Linear Programming and its Application to Economic Planning
• Chapter 40. Prices, Incentives and Calculation Methods
• Chapter 41. The Consumption Model and Means of its Implementation
• Chapter 42. Are There Laws of Progress?
• Bibliography of Works 1925—1963