Foundations of a Pure Cost Theory

• Main Author: von Stackelberg, Heinrich (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Production management.; Game theory.; Economic history.; Economic theory.; Economics.; Methodology/History of Economic Thought.; Operations Management.; Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences.; Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.

Heinrich von Stackelberg’s book “Grundlagen einer reinen Kostentheorie,” published in 1932, was at the forefront of a growing conceptual revolution in the theory of the firm, a theory which appears more relevant than ever in today’s economic climate. In this work, Stackelberg masterfully builds a th...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Praise for the Book
• About the Translators
• Translators' Commentary
• 1 Foundations
• 2 Costs in Single Production
• 3 Costs in Joint Production
• 4 The Movement of Costs and the Structure of the Market Economy
• Appendix.