The Theory of Production and Distribution in Cantillon's Essai
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23230554 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tony Aspromourgos (0000-0001-9722-960X, The University of Sydney, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 356-373 |
| Publication date | 1989-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Oxford Economic Papers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-7653 • E-ISSN: 1464-3812 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordjournals.oep.a041901 |
| OpenAlex | W1824216225 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 5 |
The major historical significance of Richard Cantillon's Essai sur la Nature du Commerce en General was to provide the theoretical bridge between seventeenth-century English economics and French Physiocracy. This article presents a comprehensive interpretation of Cantillon's theory of production, distribution, and value, and demonstrates that the argument of the Essai is best revealed by grasping the role that economic surplus plays within it. This serves to confirm that the Essai is a theoretical contribution to classical economics, but remains underrated, notwithstanding its "rediscovery" by no less a figure than W. S. Jevons over a century ago. Copyright 1989 by Royal Economic Society.
Art · Art history · Distribution (mathematics) · Economics · Library science · Production (economics) · Production theory · Sociology · Computer Science · Economic Theory and Institutions · Economic Theory and Policy · Mathematics · Political Economy and Marxism
| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 1991 - 2022 (32) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |