Avi J. Cohen

Research output

Working papers

1. Avi J. Cohen, 2011. "Is Equilibrium Enough And Was Stigler Wrong? Value Theory In The Böhm-Bawerk / Fisher Controversies," Center for the History of Political Economy Working Paper Series 2011-01, Center for the History of Political Economy.
2. Cohen, A.J., 1993. "The Mytholocy of Capital or of Equilibrium?: The Bohm- Bawerk/Clark Controversy," Papers 93-7, York (Canada) - Department of Economics.
3. Cohen, A.J. & Spencer, J., 1992. "Integrating Writing Across the Curriculum into Economics: Benefits and Costs of Taking the Plunge," Papers 93-11, York (Canada) - Department of Economics.
4. Cohen, A.J., 1990. "Does Joan Robinson's Critique of Equilibrium Entail Theoritical Nihilism?," Papers 91-3, York (Canada) - Department of Economics.
   • Avi J. Cohen, 1993. "Does Joan Robinson's Critique of Equilibrium Entail Theoretical Nihilism?," Chapters, in: Gary Mongiovi & Christof Rühl (ed.), MACROECONOMIC THEORY, chapter 13, pages 222-240, Edward Elgar Publishing.

Articles

1. Jennifer Murdock & Avi J. Cohen, 2024. "Teaching-Track Economists: A Canadian Perspective," AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association, vol. 114, pages 318-322, May.
2. Avi J. Cohen, 2024. "What do we want students to (know and) be able to do: Learning outcomes, competencies, and content in literacy-targeted principles courses," The Journal of Economic Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 55(2), pages 128-145, April.
3. Avi J. Cohen & Wendy Stock & Scott Wolla, 2024. "Introduction to JEE symposium on “What should go into the only economics course students will ever take?”," The Journal of Economic Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 55(2), pages 107-109, April.
4. Fabio Arico & Alvin Birdi & Avi J. Cohen & Caroline Elliott & Tisha Emerson & Gail Hoyt & Cloda Jenkins & Ashley Lait & Jennifer Murdock & Christian Spielmann, 2024. "Teaching-Track Economists in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States," AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association, vol. 114, pages 305-313, May.
5. Dwayne Benjamin & Avi J. Cohen & Gillian Hamilton, 2020. "A Pareto-Improving Way to Teach Principles of Economics: Evidence from the University of Toronto," AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association, vol. 110, pages 299-303, May.
6. Avi J. Cohen & Andrea L. Williams, 2019. "Scalable, scaffolded writing assignments with online peer review in a large introductory economics course," The Journal of Economic Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 50(4), pages 371-387, October.
7. Avi J. Cohen, 2014. "Veblen Contra Clark and Fisher: Veblen-Robinson-Harcourt lineagesin capital controversies and beyond," Cambridge Journal of Economics, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 38(6), pages 1493-1515.
8. Cohen, Avi J., 2010. "Capital Controversy From Böhm-Bawerk To Bliss: Badly Posed Or Very Deep Questions? Or What “We” Can Learn From Capital Controversy Even If You Don'T Care Who Won," Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Cambridge University Press, vol. 32(1), pages 1-21, March.
9. A. Cohen & G. Harcourt, 2009. "Whatever Happened to the Cambridge Capital Theory Controversies? (With comments by L. Pasinetti, F. Fisher, J. Felipe and J. McCombie, R. Greenfield and reply by the authors)," Voprosy Ekonomiki, NP Voprosy Ekonomiki, issue 8.
10. Cohen, Avi J., 2008. "The Mythology Of Capital Or Of Static Equilibrium? The Böhm-Bawerk/Clark Controversy," Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Cambridge University Press, vol. 30(2), pages 151-171, June.
11. Avi Cohen, 2006. "The Kaldor/Knight controversy: Is capital a distinct and quantifiable factor of production?," The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 13(1), pages 141-161.
12. Luigi L. Pasinetti & Franklin M. Fisher & Jesus Felipe & Robert L. Greenfield & Avi J. Cohen & William H. Kaempfer & Anton D. Lowenberg & Lance E. Davis & Stanley Engerman, 2003. "Comments," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 17(4), pages 227-235, Fall.
13. Avi J. Cohen, 2003. "Retrospectives: Whatever Happened to the Cambridge Capital Theory Controversies?," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 17(1), pages 199-214, Winter.
14. Avi J. Cohen, 2003. "The Hayek/Knight Capital Controversy: The Irrelevance of Roundaboutness, or Purging Processes in Time?," History of Political Economy, Duke University Press, vol. 35(3), pages 469-490, Fall.
15. Cohen, Avi J., 1992. "Stabilizing Dynamics: Constructing Economic Knowledge. By E. Roy Weintraub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. Pp. x, 177. $39.50," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 52(4), pages 977-978, December.
16. Cohen, Avi J., 1990. "Economic Thought - The State and the Economic System: An Introduction to the History of Political Economy. By Phyllis Deane. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. Pp. xii, 205. $36.00, cloth; $11.9," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 50(1), pages 240-241, March.
17. A. Cohen, 1989. "Reading Lists in History of Economic Thought," The American Economist, Sage Publications, vol. 33(2), pages 77-90, October.
18. Avi J. Cohen, 1989. "Prices, Capital, and the One-Commodity Model in Neoclassical and Classical Theories," History of Political Economy, Duke University Press, vol. 21(2), pages 231-251, Summer.
19. Cohen, Avi J., 1987. "Factor substitution and induced innovation in north American kraft pulping: 1914-1940," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 24(2), pages 197-217, April.
20. Cohen, Avi J., 1987. "Most Wonderful Machine: Mechanization and Social Change in Berkshire Paper Making, 1801–1885. By Judith A. McGaw. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1987. Pp. xvii, 439. $40.00," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 47(4), pages 1044-1046, December.
21. Cohen, Avi J., 1986. "Phil Weyerhaeuser: Lumberman. By Charles E. Twining. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1985. Pp. xvii, 401. $25.00," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 46(4), pages 1098-1099, December.
22. Avi J. Cohen, 1985. "Explaining Technical Change: A Case Study in the Philosophy of Science," Journal of Economic Issues, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 19(1), pages 263-265, March.
23. Avi J. Cohen, 1985. "Issues in the Cambridge Controversies," Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 7(4), pages 612-615, July.
24. Avi J. Cohen, 1984. "The Methodological Resolution of the Cambridge Controversies," Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 6(4), pages 614-629, July.
25. Cohen, Avi J., 1984. "Technological Change as Historical Process: The Case of the U.S. Pulp and Paper Industry, 1915–1940," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 44(3), pages 775-799, September.
26. Avi J. Cohen, 1983. ""The Laws of Returns Under Competitive Conditions": Progress in Microeconomics since Sraffa (1926)?," Eastern Economic Journal, Eastern Economic Association, vol. 9(3), pages 213-220, Jul-Sep.
27. Cohen, Avi J & Cohen, Jon S, 1983. "Classical and Neoclassical Theories of General Equilibrium [A Review Article]," Australian Economic Papers, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 22(4), pages 180-200, June.
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Chapters

1. Avi J. Cohen & Ross B. Emmett, 2011. "Why and How to Teach the History of Economic Thought: Economics as Historically Produced Knowledge," Chapters, in: Gail M. Hoyt & KimMarie McGoldrick (ed.), International Handbook on Teaching and Learning Economics, chapter 52, Edward Elgar Publishing.
2. Avi J. Cohen & Geoffrey C. Harcourt, 2010. "Reswitching and Reversing in Capital Theory," Chapters, in: Mark Blaug & Peter Lloyd (ed.), Famous Figures and Diagrams in Economics, chapter 24, Edward Elgar Publishing.
3. Avi J. Cohen, 1993. "Does Joan Robinson's Critique of Equilibrium Entail Theoretical Nihilism?," Chapters, in: Gary Mongiovi & Christof Rühl (ed.), MACROECONOMIC THEORY, chapter 13, pages 222-240, Edward Elgar Publishing.
   • Cohen, A.J., 1990. "Does Joan Robinson's Critique of Equilibrium Entail Theoritical Nihilism?," Papers 91-3, York (Canada) - Department of Economics.
4. Avi J. Cohen, 1993. "Samuelson and the 93% Scarcity Theory of Value," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Mauro Baranzini & G. C. Harcourt (ed.), The Dynamics of the Wealth of Nations, chapter 5, pages 149-172, Palgrave Macmillan.

Books

1. Harcourt,G. C. With contributions by-Name:Cohen,Avi J. With contributions by-Name:Mata,Tiago, 2022. "Some Cambridge Controversies in the Theory of Capital," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9781009158152, October.
2. Gail M. Hoyt & KimMarie McGoldrick (ed.), 2011. "International Handbook on Teaching and Learning Economics," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 13836.
3. Christopher Bliss & Avi J. Cohen (ed.), 2005. "Capital Theory," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, volume 0, number 2167.