Aggregation: Aggregate Production Functions and Related Topics. Collected Papers of Franklin M. Fisher. Edited by John Monz.

FISHER, Franklin M. [Marvin] (1934-):

ISBN 10: 026206152X / ISBN 13: 9780262061520

Published by Cambridge & London: MIT Press, 1993., 1993

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xxiv, 280 pp; errata slip. Original cloth. Near Fine, in near fine dust jacket. 'Aggregation lies at the heart of macroeconomics. Economists using such aggregates as capital, investment, labor, and even output or GNP assume that such constructions have a sound analytic foundation. The question of the existence of aggregate production functions is not only part of the foundation of macroeconomic theory and policy but also played a central role in the 'Cambridge vs. Cambridge'debate, which challenged long-held assumptions about the foundations of neoclassical microeconomics. In this third collection of his essays Franklin M. Fisher settles the question of the conditions for the existence of aggregate production functions. He examines the conditions for approximate aggregation and, through simulation experiments, considers why aggregate production functions appear to work in practice. He also explores related topics involving price aggregation and aggregation in international trade' (MIT Press Web site).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Aggregation: Aggregate Production Functions and Related Topics. Collected Papers of Franklin M. Fisher. Edited by John Monz.
• Publisher: Cambridge & London: MIT Press, 1993.
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 026206152X
• ISBN 13: 9780262061520
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

Aggregation lies at the heart of macroeconomics. Economists using such aggregates as capital, investment, labor, and even output or GNP assume that such constructions have a sound analytic foundation. The question of the existence of aggregate production functions is not only part of the foundation of macroeconomic theory and policy but also played a central role in the "Cambridge vs. Cambridge" debate, which challenged long-held assumptions about the foundations of neoclassical microeconomics.

In this third collection of his essays Franklin M. Fisher settles the question of the conditions for the existence of aggregate production functions. He examines the conditions for approximate aggregation and, through simulation experiments, considers why aggregate production functions appear to work in practice. He also explores related topics involving price aggregation and aggregation in international trade.

About the Author

Franklin M. Fisher is Jane Berkowitz Carlton and Dennis William Carlton Professor of Microeconomics, Emeritus, at MIT. He was the lead expert economist for the defense, assisted by John J. McGowan and Joen E. Greenwood of Charles River Associates, in the major antitrust case U.S. v. IBM. His collected essays have been published in Econometrics: Essays in Theory and Applications and in Industrial Organization, Economics and the Law.