History of Marginal Utility Theory / / Emil Kauder.

The author blends historical narrative with a topical approach and discusses such aspects of the theory as measurement, total value, and imputation.Originally published in 1965.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print boo...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]
©1965
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 2238
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Physical Description:1 online resource (272 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Introduction: Object and Method
  • Part I: The Genesis of Marginal Utility
  • Chapter I. The Philosophical Background
  • Chapter II. Value-in-Use: The Forerunner of the Marginal Utility Theory
  • Chapter III. Marginalists before Gossen
  • Chapter IV. Gossen's Synthesis
  • Part II: The Acceptance of the Marginal Utility Theory
  • Chapter V. The Rise of Marginalism
  • Chapter VI. The Achievements: A Comparison of Menger, Jevons, and Walras
  • Chapter VII. Sources and New Ideas
  • Chapter VIII. Differences in Philosophy and Method
  • Part III: The Development of Marginal Utility between 1880 and 1947: Consolidation and Reform
  • Chapter IX. The Dominant Position of the Austrian School
  • Chapter X. Rationality and Marginal Utility
  • Chapter XI. The Meaning of Utility
  • Chapter XII. The Law of Diminishing Utility
  • Chapter XIII. Diminishing Utility and Marginal Substitution
  • Chapter XIV. Total and Marginal Value
  • Chapter XV. Household Planning
  • Chapter XVI. Costs and Marginal Utility
  • Chapter XVII. Imputation-I. Menger, Boehm- Bawerk, and Harts Mayer
  • Chapter XVIII. Imputation-II. Wieser, von Neumann, and Morgenstern: The Mathematical Solutions
  • Chapter XIX. The Measuring of Utility: Development Until 1934
  • Chapter XX. Uncertainty and Measuring
  • Part IV: Epilogue
  • Chapter XXI. The Contemporary Situation
  • Chapter XXII. The Chance of Survival
  • Sources and Literature
  • Index