Economics and Interdisciplinary Exchange

Informationen zum Autor Guido Erreygers is Professor of Economics at the Faculty of Applied Economics (UFSIA-RUCA) of the University of Antwerp. His research interests include history of economics, linear production theory, inheritance, and natural resource economics. With Toon Andevelde he has edited the book Is Inheritance Legitimate? (Berlin, Springer, 1997). He has published on the history of economics in various books and journals. Klappentext The science of economics has grown out of, and interacted with, other sciences, such as moral philosophy, psychology and demography. This book documents exchanges between individual scientists, and explores the boundaries between economics and neighboring fields. Zusammenfassung This book documents exchanges between individual scientists and explores the boundaries between economics and neighbouring fields. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface. Introduction 1. Economic Life in Nineteenth Century Novels: What Economists Might Learn from Literature 2. The Beginning of 'Boundaries': The Sudden Separation of Economics from Christian Theology 3. History and Economic Analysis in German Nineteenth Century Economics 4. Jevons and Wicksteed: Crossing Borders in the History of Economics 5. Economists as Demographers: Wicksell and Pareto on Population 6. Competition and Economic Temperature: The Entropy Law in Emanuele Sella's Work 7. Particles or Humans? Econometric Quarrels on Newtonian Mechanics and the Social Realm 8. Disciplinary Developments in Dutch Economics and the Emergence of the Dutch Welfare State (1930-1960)

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• Autori: G. Erreygers, Guido Erreygers, Guido (Universiteit Antwerpen Erreygers, Erreygers Guido, European Conference on the History of Ec
• Con la collaborazione di: Guido Erreygers (Editore), Erreygers Guido (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 12.04.2001
• EAN: 9780415224451
• ISBN: 978-0-415-22445-1
• Pagine: 230
• Serie: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics; Routledge Studies in the Histo; Routledge Studies in the History of Economics
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, Economic theory & philosophy, Economic theory and philosophy