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Evolution des prix relatifs dans les économies agraires européennes et théorie de l'équilibre général

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[eng] This paper shows that the changes of relative commodity and factor prices in the agrarian European economies were not consistent with the results of the neo classical general equilibrium model. This model can produce the real changes of relative prices only if two additionnai hypothesis are introduced : the consumers become impoverished when the population is growing, the change from livestock farming to arable induced a decrease of the yields of arable land. [fre] L'article rappelle les variations des prix relatifs des biens et des facteurs liées au rythme d'évolution de la population observées dans les économies agraires européennes avant la Révolution industrielle. Les explications traditionnelles des historiens économistes étant incomplètes, il est nécessaire d'analyser le problème en termes d'équilibre général. Les résultats du modèle standard sont cependant incompatibles avec certaines des variations observées des prix des biens. On démontre que le modèle d'équilibre général ne peut être réconcilié avec les varia­tions réelles des prix relatifs que si deux hypothèses sont introduites : l'augmenta­tion de la population et du facteur travail qui en résulte se traduit par un appauvrissement des consommateurs, l'augmentation de la production des céréa­les au détriment de l'élevage se traduit par une dégradation des conditions de pro­duction des céréales.

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  • Jean-Pascal Simonin, 1997. "Evolution des prix relatifs dans les économies agraires européennes et théorie de l'équilibre général," Revue Économique, Programme National Persée, vol. 48(1), pages 55-74.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:reveco:reco_0035-2764_1997_num_48_1_409863
    DOI: 10.3406/reco.1997.409863
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