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Marginal productivity and structures of competition in Enrico Barone’s writings: critics and contributions to the Walrasian model
[Productivité marginale et formes de concurrence dans les travaux d'Enrico Barone : critiques et apports au modèle de Walras]

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  • Claire Baldin

    (GREDEG - Groupe de Recherche en Droit, Economie et Gestion - UNS - Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UniCA - Université Côte d'Azur)

  • André Legris

    (GREDEG - Groupe de Recherche en Droit, Economie et Gestion - UNS - Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UniCA - Université Côte d'Azur)

  • Ludovic Ragni

    (GREDEG - Groupe de Recherche en Droit, Economie et Gestion - UNS - Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UniCA - Université Côte d'Azur)

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to reassess the contributions of Barone to the theory of marginal productivity. While Walras chooses to minimize the production costs to demonstrate the validity of the theorem, Barone prefers to use the principle of profit maximization. However, that difference of reasoning was not often underlie in the history of economic thought. So we propose to deepen the approach of Barone through publications such as Studi sulla Distribuzione (1896) and Il Ministro nello Stato della produzione collectivista (1908) to explain how he can integrate different structures of competition and enriches the theory of the marginal productivity.

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  • Claire Baldin & André Legris & Ludovic Ragni, 2012. "Marginal productivity and structures of competition in Enrico Barone’s writings: critics and contributions to the Walrasian model [Productivité marginale et formes de concurrence dans les travaux d," Post-Print halshs-01097711, HAL.
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