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The Neoclassical Theory of the Firm

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  • Nina Shapiro
  • Nina Shapiro

    (Department of Economics Merrimack College North Andover, Ma. 01845)

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The focus of this essay is the treatment of the firm in neoclassical economics and, in particular, the possibility of such a treatment. Its critical result is the impossibility of introducing the firm into neoclassical thought and thus the necessity of transcending the confines of this thought for the construction of a theory of the firm. The last section of this essay turns to the Marxian tradition for a concept of the firm. The outlines of a Marxian treatment of the firm are pre sented as well as the key differences between this treatment and that of neoclas sical economics.

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  • Nina Shapiro & Nina Shapiro, 1976. "The Neoclassical Theory of the Firm," Review of Radical Political Economics, Union for Radical Political Economics, vol. 8(4), pages 17-29, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:reorpe:v:8:y:1976:i:4:p:17-29
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    1. Jo, Tae-Hee, 2016. "A Heterodox Theory of the Business Enterprise," MPRA Paper 72426, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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