Robert F Hébert
Biographic Data
| ID | 546622 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert F Hébert |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert F |
| FAMILY NAME | Hébert |
| SIGNATURE | HÉBERT R F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Auburn University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 83 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The Entrepreneur in the History of Political Economy
Chapter 12 by Javier Arribas Cmara addresses how dig i ta li za tion and tech nol ogy devel op ment can impact sus tain abil ity, both pos i tively and neg a tively, by ini tially car ry ing out a bib lio graph i cal review of research on sus tain abil ity and tech nol ogy, which starts in 1972.The chap ter sug gests that with increas ing demand for energy and resources, we should con sider how tech nol ogy can be a part of the solu tion while mi…
Robert B. Ekelund, Jr
Robert B. Ekelund, Jr
Loose language or stylized facts? d’Avray on Ekelund and Tollison
The Intellectual Legacy of Jules Dupuit
The achievements of Jules Dupuit (1804–1866), French engineer and economist, policymaker and molder of the canon of neoclassical microeconomic theory, are displayed in their entirety through Yves Breton and Gérard Klotz‘s compilation of his collected works, Oeuvres économiques complètes (Éditions Economica, 2009). This magisterial two-volume set makes available for the first time in a convenient format all of Dupuit‘s major and subsidiary writing…
Dupuit and the Railroads
Guy Numa is justified in calling attention to our erroneous translation of a passage from Jules Dupuit's Dictionnaire article of 1853. His conclusions, however, regarding Dupuit's "global" policy prescriptions on the operation of railroads, and their semi-convergence with the views of Walras, do not withstand scrutiny when examined against the totality of Dupuit's economic writings. In this article we reaffirm and defend our body of work that dep…
Interest-group analysis in economic history and the history of economic thought
Interest groups, public choice and the economics of religion
Adam Smith on Religion and Market Structure
Research Article| November 01 2005 Adam Smith on Religion and Market Structure Robert B. Ekelund, Jr.; Robert B. Ekelund, Jr. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Robert F. Hébert; Robert F. Hébert Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Robert D. Tollison Robert D. Tollison Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google History of Political Economy (2005) 37 (4): 647–660. https://doi.org/10.12…
Ethics, Engineering, and Natural Monopoly
An Economic Analysis of the Protestant Reformation
This paper seeks to explain the initial successes and failures of Protestantism on economic grounds. It argues that the medieval Roman Catholic Church, through doctrinal manipulation, the exclusion of rivals, and various forms of price discrimination, ultimately placed members seeking the Z good "spiritual services" on the margin of defection. These monopolistic practices encouraged entry by rival firms, some of which were aligned with civil gove…
Retrospectives
This feature addresses the history of economic words and ideas. The hope is to deepen the workaday dialogue of economists, while perhaps also casting new light on ongoing questions. If you have suggestions for future topics or authors, please write to Joseph Persky, c/o Journal of Economic Perspectives, Department of Economics (M/C 144), University of Illinois at Chicago, 601 South Morgan Street, Room 2103, Chicago, Illinois 60607-7121. Until rec…
The Dupuit–Marshall Theory of Competitive Equilibrium
Working with the classical expressions of demand, supply and market adjustments, the French engineer Jules Dupuit developed a model of competitive market adjustments in different time dimensions that anticipated Marshall’s ‘period analysis’ on all important points. Dupuit’s attempt to handle the complexity of economic phenomena in a scientific fashion, by utilizing the ceteris paribus method, and the integration of this method with the ‘facts’ of…
Minerva's Message
Other| September 01 1999 Minerva's Message: Stabilizing the French Revolution Martin S. Staum. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1996. 342 pp. $44.95. Robert F. Hébert Robert F. Hébert Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google History of Political Economy (1999) 31 (3): 599–600. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-31-3-599a Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Rob…
Jevons and Menger Re-homogenized
Response to Sandra J. Peart, "Jevons and Menger Re-homogenized?: Jaffé After 20 Years," 1998. The American Journal of Economics and Sociology 57(July): 307-325
Sacred Trust
The Church dominated society in the Middle Ages and functioned as a quasi-government, providing public and private goods. This book is the first to examine specific institutions in the Church in the Middle Ages in economic terms. Other books have argued generally that the Church either had a positive or negative effect on economic development. The authors of this book look more closely at the actual Church institutions and practices and describe …
Perspectives on the History of Economic Thought
This innovative book offers retrospective assessments of historical ideas and probes controversial issues in economic methodology. The essays are presented under five broad headings. Part I, Economic Discourse and Method consists of three essays that address timely topics in the methodology of economics. Part II, Philosophical/Analytical Issues in Classical Economics, contains two studies of Adam Smith and one of Thomas Malthus. Part III, Money a…
Aux origines de la pensée économique
Other| March 01 1985 Aux origines de la pensée économique Michel Lutfalla. Paris: Economica Press, 1981. Pp. 168. No price stated. Robert F. Hébert Robert F. Hébert Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google History of Political Economy (1985) 17 (1): 148–150. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-17-1-148 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Robert F. Hébert; Aux origines de…
Consumer Surplus
Research Article| September 01 1985 Consumer Surplus: The First Hundred Years Robert B. Ekelund, Jr.; Robert B. Ekelund, Jr. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Robert F. Hébert Robert F. Hébert 1 Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google History of Political Economy (1985) 17 (3): 419–454. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-17-3-419 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary…
The Soul of Modern Economic Man
The Entrepreneur
The Entrepreneur, Mainstream Views and Radical Critiques
The place of the entrepreneur in economics the prehistory of entrepreneurship first steps on a new path a fork in the road dead ends, detours and redirections the entrepreneur resurrected. The entrepreneur partitioned the entrepreneur reconstituted the entrepreneur extended the entrepreneur and the firm past, present and future
The Economics of A. R. J. Turgot
Other| November 01 1981 The Economics of A. R. J. Turgot P. D. Groenewegen The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1977. Pp. ix, 193. $34.35. Robert F. Hébert Robert F. Hébert Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google History of Political Economy (1981) 13 (4): 850–851. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-13-4-850 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Robert F. Hébert; The Economics of A. R. J. Turgot. Histor…
Richard Cantillon's Early Contributions to Spatial Economics
Richard Cantillon
Other| November 01 1980 Richard Cantillon: Essay de la Nature du Commerce en General Takumi Tsuda. Tokyo: Kinokuniya Book-Store Co., 1979. Pp. 453. 4,900 Yen. ROBERT F. HÉBERT ROBERT F. HÉBERT Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google History of Political Economy (1980) 12 (4): 627–629. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-12-4-627 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation ROBER…
An Economic Analysis of the Protestant Reformation
This paper seeks to explain the initial successes and failures of Protestantism on economic grounds. It argues that the medieval Roman Catholic Church, through doctrinal manipulation, the exclusion of rivals, and various forms of price discrimination, ultimately placed members seeking the Z good "spiritual services" on the margin of defection. These monopolistic practices encouraged entry by rival firms, some of which were aligned with civil gove…
French Engineers, Welfare Economics, and Public Finance in the Nineteenth Century
Division of labor, in research as well as in teaching, has produced, in economics as elsewhere, an indefinite number of specialities that are usually described as "applied fields." ... These fields may accumulate "private" stocks of facts and methods that are of little or no use outside their boundaries. Beyond this, however, they have repeatedly developed accumulations of facts and conceptual schemata that should be recorded as contributions to …
Retrospectives
This feature addresses the history of economic words and ideas. The hope is to deepen the workaday dialogue of economists, while perhaps also casting new light on ongoing questions. If you have suggestions for future topics or authors, please write to Joseph Persky, c/o Journal of Economic Perspectives, Department of Economics (M/C 144), University of Illinois at Chicago, 601 South Morgan Street, Room 2103, Chicago, Illinois 60607-7121. Until rec…
Consumer Surplus
Research Article| September 01 1985 Consumer Surplus: The First Hundred Years Robert B. Ekelund, Jr.; Robert B. Ekelund, Jr. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Robert F. Hébert Robert F. Hébert 1 Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google History of Political Economy (1985) 17 (3): 419–454. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-17-3-419 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary…
Adam Smith on Religion and Market Structure
Research Article| November 01 2005 Adam Smith on Religion and Market Structure Robert B. Ekelund, Jr.; Robert B. Ekelund, Jr. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Robert F. Hébert; Robert F. Hébert Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Robert D. Tollison Robert D. Tollison Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google History of Political Economy (2005) 37 (4): 647–660. https://doi.org/10.12…
Dupuit and Marginal Utility
Robert Ekelund is Professor of Economics at Texas A&M University. Robert Hebert is Associate Professor of Economics at Auburn University
Interest groups, public choice and the economics of religion
The Dupuit–Marshall Theory of Competitive Equilibrium
Working with the classical expressions of demand, supply and market adjustments, the French engineer Jules Dupuit developed a model of competitive market adjustments in different time dimensions that anticipated Marshall’s ‘period analysis’ on all important points. Dupuit’s attempt to handle the complexity of economic phenomena in a scientific fashion, by utilizing the ceteris paribus method, and the integration of this method with the ‘facts’ of…
Minerva's Message
Other| September 01 1999 Minerva's Message: Stabilizing the French Revolution Martin S. Staum. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1996. 342 pp. $44.95. Robert F. Hébert Robert F. Hébert Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google History of Political Economy (1999) 31 (3): 599–600. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-31-3-599a Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Rob…
Richard Cantillon's Early Contributions to Spatial Economics
The Theory of Input Selection and Supply Areas in 1887
Research Article| March 01 1974 The Theory of Input Selection and Supply Areas in 1887: Emile Cheysson Robert F. Hebert Robert F. Hebert Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google History of Political Economy (1974) 6 (1): 109–113. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-6-1-109 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Robert F. Hebert; The Theory of Input Selection and Supply Area…
The Theory of Input Selection and Supply Areas in 1887
Research Article| March 01 1974 The Theory of Input Selection and Supply Areas in 1887: Emile Cheysson Robert F. Hebert Robert F. Hebert Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google History of Political Economy (1974) 6 (1): 109–113. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-6-1-109 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Robert F. Hebert; The Theory of Input Selection and Supply Area…
Dupuit and Marginal Utility
Robert Ekelund is Professor of Economics at Texas A&M University. Robert Hebert is Associate Professor of Economics at Auburn University
French Engineers, Welfare Economics, and Public Finance in the Nineteenth Century
Division of labor, in research as well as in teaching, has produced, in economics as elsewhere, an indefinite number of specialities that are usually described as "applied fields." ... These fields may accumulate "private" stocks of facts and methods that are of little or no use outside their boundaries. Beyond this, however, they have repeatedly developed accumulations of facts and conceptual schemata that should be recorded as contributions to …
The Economic Writings of Du Pont de Nemours
Other| March 01 1979 The Economic Writings of Du Pont de Nemours James J. McLain Newark, Delaware: University of Delaware Press, 1977. Pp. 244. $13.00. Robert F. Hebért Robert F. Hebért Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google History of Political Economy (1979) 11 (1): 167–169. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-11-1-167 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Robert F. He…
Richard Cantillon
Other| November 01 1980 Richard Cantillon: Essay de la Nature du Commerce en General Takumi Tsuda. Tokyo: Kinokuniya Book-Store Co., 1979. Pp. 453. 4,900 Yen. ROBERT F. HÉBERT ROBERT F. HÉBERT Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google History of Political Economy (1980) 12 (4): 627–629. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-12-4-627 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation ROBER…
The Economics of A. R. J. Turgot
Other| November 01 1981 The Economics of A. R. J. Turgot P. D. Groenewegen The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1977. Pp. ix, 193. $34.35. Robert F. Hébert Robert F. Hébert Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google History of Political Economy (1981) 13 (4): 850–851. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-13-4-850 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Robert F. Hébert; The Economics of A. R. J. Turgot. Histor…
Richard Cantillon's Early Contributions to Spatial Economics
The Entrepreneur, Mainstream Views and Radical Critiques
The place of the entrepreneur in economics the prehistory of entrepreneurship first steps on a new path a fork in the road dead ends, detours and redirections the entrepreneur resurrected. The entrepreneur partitioned the entrepreneur reconstituted the entrepreneur extended the entrepreneur and the firm past, present and future
The Soul of Modern Economic Man
The Entrepreneur
Aux origines de la pensée économique
Other| March 01 1985 Aux origines de la pensée économique Michel Lutfalla. Paris: Economica Press, 1981. Pp. 168. No price stated. Robert F. Hébert Robert F. Hébert Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google History of Political Economy (1985) 17 (1): 148–150. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-17-1-148 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Robert F. Hébert; Aux origines de…
Consumer Surplus
Research Article| September 01 1985 Consumer Surplus: The First Hundred Years Robert B. Ekelund, Jr.; Robert B. Ekelund, Jr. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Robert F. Hébert Robert F. Hébert 1 Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google History of Political Economy (1985) 17 (3): 419–454. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-17-3-419 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary…
Perspectives on the History of Economic Thought
This innovative book offers retrospective assessments of historical ideas and probes controversial issues in economic methodology. The essays are presented under five broad headings. Part I, Economic Discourse and Method consists of three essays that address timely topics in the methodology of economics. Part II, Philosophical/Analytical Issues in Classical Economics, contains two studies of Adam Smith and one of Thomas Malthus. Part III, Money a…
Sacred Trust
The Church dominated society in the Middle Ages and functioned as a quasi-government, providing public and private goods. This book is the first to examine specific institutions in the Church in the Middle Ages in economic terms. Other books have argued generally that the Church either had a positive or negative effect on economic development. The authors of this book look more closely at the actual Church institutions and practices and describe …
Jevons and Menger Re-homogenized
Response to Sandra J. Peart, "Jevons and Menger Re-homogenized?: Jaffé After 20 Years," 1998. The American Journal of Economics and Sociology 57(July): 307-325
The Dupuit–Marshall Theory of Competitive Equilibrium
Working with the classical expressions of demand, supply and market adjustments, the French engineer Jules Dupuit developed a model of competitive market adjustments in different time dimensions that anticipated Marshall’s ‘period analysis’ on all important points. Dupuit’s attempt to handle the complexity of economic phenomena in a scientific fashion, by utilizing the ceteris paribus method, and the integration of this method with the ‘facts’ of…
Minerva's Message
Other| September 01 1999 Minerva's Message: Stabilizing the French Revolution Martin S. Staum. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1996. 342 pp. $44.95. Robert F. Hébert Robert F. Hébert Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google History of Political Economy (1999) 31 (3): 599–600. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-31-3-599a Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Rob…
An Economic Analysis of the Protestant Reformation
This paper seeks to explain the initial successes and failures of Protestantism on economic grounds. It argues that the medieval Roman Catholic Church, through doctrinal manipulation, the exclusion of rivals, and various forms of price discrimination, ultimately placed members seeking the Z good "spiritual services" on the margin of defection. These monopolistic practices encouraged entry by rival firms, some of which were aligned with civil gove…
Retrospectives
This feature addresses the history of economic words and ideas. The hope is to deepen the workaday dialogue of economists, while perhaps also casting new light on ongoing questions. If you have suggestions for future topics or authors, please write to Joseph Persky, c/o Journal of Economic Perspectives, Department of Economics (M/C 144), University of Illinois at Chicago, 601 South Morgan Street, Room 2103, Chicago, Illinois 60607-7121. Until rec…
Ethics, Engineering, and Natural Monopoly
Adam Smith on Religion and Market Structure
Research Article| November 01 2005 Adam Smith on Religion and Market Structure Robert B. Ekelund, Jr.; Robert B. Ekelund, Jr. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Robert F. Hébert; Robert F. Hébert Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Robert D. Tollison Robert D. Tollison Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google History of Political Economy (2005) 37 (4): 647–660. https://doi.org/10.12…
Interest-group analysis in economic history and the history of economic thought
Interest groups, public choice and the economics of religion
The Intellectual Legacy of Jules Dupuit
The achievements of Jules Dupuit (1804–1866), French engineer and economist, policymaker and molder of the canon of neoclassical microeconomic theory, are displayed in their entirety through Yves Breton and Gérard Klotz‘s compilation of his collected works, Oeuvres économiques complètes (Éditions Economica, 2009). This magisterial two-volume set makes available for the first time in a convenient format all of Dupuit‘s major and subsidiary writing…
Dupuit and the Railroads
Guy Numa is justified in calling attention to our erroneous translation of a passage from Jules Dupuit's Dictionnaire article of 1853. His conclusions, however, regarding Dupuit's "global" policy prescriptions on the operation of railroads, and their semi-convergence with the views of Walras, do not withstand scrutiny when examined against the totality of Dupuit's economic writings. In this article we reaffirm and defend our body of work that dep…
Economics (19 works) · Economic Theory and Institutions (16 works) · Law (15 works) · Political science (15 works) · Neoclassical economics (13 works) · Computer Science (9 works) · Economic Theory and Policy (9 works) · Law (9 works) · Political Economy and Marxism (9 works) · Sociology (9 works)