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Notes on the classical theory of normal prices: exhaustible natural resources and numéraire dependence

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  • Parrinello, Sergio

    (La Sapienza University of Rome)

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The present paper contains two notes. The first one resumes and expands the classical approach to cope with the existence of exhaustible natural resources in the context of the theory of normal prices. Alternative closures of the model are envisaged: either a given supply of the resource or a given royalty. The fixed-supply alternative, suggested in (Parrinello 2004), rests on the method used in (Sraffa 1960) to deal with the case of intensive land cultivation. The fixed-royalty assumption reflects the position of Piccioni and Ravagnani (2002) and Ravagnani (2006) about the theory of absolute rent. The second note addresses the problem of numéraire dependence, which has been stressed as a criticism of models of general equilibrium without overall perfect competition, and argues that such a property may concern also the theory of normal prices with exhaustible natural resources. It is suggested that a way out from the impasse of the numéraire dependence should be found in an extension of the theory of normal prices to a monetary economy.

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  • Parrinello, Sergio, 2020. "Notes on the classical theory of normal prices: exhaustible natural resources and numéraire dependence," Centro Sraffa Working Papers CSWP41, Centro di Ricerche e Documentazione "Piero Sraffa".
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:sraffa:0041
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    1. Sergio Parrinello, 2022. "Numéraire problems and market adjustments," Metroeconomica, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 73(1), pages 126-143, February.

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    Keywords

    classical theory; Sraffian approach; exhaustible natural resources; numéraire dependency; price normalization.;
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    JEL classification:

    • B51 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - Socialist; Marxian; Sraffian
    • D57 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - Input-Output Tables and Analysis
    • Q32 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation - - - Exhaustible Resources and Economic Development

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