Value, Capital and Growth - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0202308464 ISBN 13: 9780202308463

Publisher: Routledge, 2006

Synopsis

Value, Capital and Growth was written as a mark of honor to Sir John Hicks on the occasion of his retirement as Drummond Professor of Political Economy at the University of Oxford. As the title implies, most of the essays are directed to the development of the three great topics of modern economic theory to which he contributed--Value, Capital, and Growth. More specifically, there are important papers on general equilibrium, aggregation, and index numbers-- all topics of deep interest in international economics.

The volume is particularly noteworthy for a number of papers exploring hitherto unrealized implications of general equilibrium models. There are also several papers dealing with mathematical economics as they relate to trade and development, which will be of great interest to students of those fields. Few theorists possessed Hicks catholicity in economics and his interest in and appetite for all branches of applied economics, and especially comparative economic history. His interests ranged from Italian Renaissance banking to academic publishing and the export and import of scholarly works,

The international eminence of the contributors and the quality of their work ensure that this volume is a fitting tribute to a great economist and that it will be studied carefully for many years. No effort was spared to present the work in a style and format worthy of the subject and of the occasion. The volume includes masterful contributions by Kenneth Arrow, Jagdish Bhagwati, Roy Harrod, Paul A. Samuelson, Robert M. Solow, and Alan A. Walters among others, and contains a full biographical and bibliographical data base on Hicks.

J.N. Wolfe was professor of economics at the University of Edinburgh until his retirement.

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J.N. Wolfe was professor of economics at the University of Edinburgh until his retirement.

Review:

“This is a beautifully printed book containing twenty-two papers, some of which are excellent and most of which are worthwhile. . . . There really is no satisfactory way of reviewing this volume. Hicks has made serious contributions to so many branches of our subject that it is natural to find a very wide variety of topics covered in this volume, which takes on the appearance of an exceptionally fat issue of a good journal of economic theory. . . . Professor Hicks will surely be satisfied with the much deserved tributes here assembled.”

—F. H. Hahn, Economica

“This is a fitting tribute to Sir John Hicks, who has perhaps done more than anybody else for the development of contemporary economics in the Western world. Most of the great contributions of Sir John to our knowledge in almost all branches of economic theory are being developed and amplified in the essays of this outstanding collection. J. N. Wolfe, the editor, should be congratulated on a very find job.”

—Gerhard Tintner, Journal of Political Economy

“The occasion for this volume honouring Sir John Hicks is his retirement from the Drummond Professorship at the University of Oxford. The 22 papers arranged alphabetically  by author, together with an entertaining introduction by the editor, mark the occasion well.”

—Thomas J. Finn, The Canadian Journal of Economics

“This volume. . .  represents the extent and dimension of the influences which Sir John Hicks has brought to the crucial problems of economic theory. Equally influential contemporary economists have contributed twenty-two papers whose impact will be felt for a long time.”

—Ryuzo Sato, Journal of Economic Literature

“This festschrift marks the occasion of the retirement of Sir John Hicks from the Drummond Professorship at Oxford. The twenty-two papers in this volume are notable not only because of their distinguished authors, but also because an unusually large percentage (for a festschrift) are of relatively high quality.”

—Joseph E. Stiglitz, The Journal of Finance

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0202308464
• ISBN 13: 9780202308463
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 564
• Editor: Ricci Gabriel R., Wolfe J. N.