Quality and Competition : : An Essay in Economic Theory / / Lawrence Abbott.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Abbott, Lawrence,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1955]; ©1955
• Year of Publication: 1955
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (230 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface --; Contents --; Introduction --; Part One. Quality Variability and Existing Economic Theory --; I. The Inadequacy of the Present Competitive Ideal --; II. The Incompleteness of Price Theory --; III. Foundations for a Theory of Quality --; Part Two. The Theory of Choice Of Quality --; IV. Basic And Derived Wants --; V. Some Needed Assumptions --; VI. Consumers’ and Producers’ Behavior --; VII. Some Distinctions Made Possible by the Theory --; Part Three. The Quality Variable and Competition --; VIII. The Nature of Economic Competition --; IX. Price and Nonprice Aspects of Competition --; X. Quality Competition --; XI. Equilibrium under Pure Quality Competition --; XII. Quality and Price Competition Combined --; XIII. Incomplete Competition --; XIV. Some Conclusions are Drawn --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231888981; 9783110442489
• DOI: 10.7312/abbo92492
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Lawrence Abbott.

Provides tools for the study of certain economic problems and benchmarks for the making of welfare judgements.