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Capital in the new economy: A Schumpeterian perspective

In: Entrepreneurships, the New Economy and Public Policy

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  • Jim Stewart

    (Trinity College)

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The “dotcom boom” and subsequent collapse raises issues as to the nature of capital and the relationship between capital and investment. Capital in conventional finance, based on the Fisher-Hirshleifer analysis, is defined as postponed consumption and investment is defined as a trade-off between consumption now and in the future. This paper argues that a more satisfactory explanation of the relationship between investment and capital was developed by the Austrian economist Böhm-Bawerk, who identified capital goods as separate from consumption goods, and where the passage of time is fundamental to the accumulation of capital. Such a process assumes risk rather than uncertainty, and does not capture the essence of Schumpeterian investment.

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  • Jim Stewart, 2005. "Capital in the new economy: A Schumpeterian perspective," Springer Books, in: Uwe Cantner & Elias Dinopoulos & Robert F. Lanzillotti (ed.), Entrepreneurships, the New Economy and Public Policy, pages 163-179, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-540-26994-6_10
    DOI: 10.1007/3-540-26994-0_10
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    1. Różański Jerzy & Kopczyński Paweł, 2017. "The influence of the recent financial crisis on the financial situation of Polish listed companies," Financial Internet Quarterly (formerly e-Finanse), Sciendo, vol. 13(4), pages 110-126, December.

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