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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Cord, Robert,

Titel

The Palgrave companion to Oxford economics

Ort / Verlag

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan,

Erscheinungsjahr

[2021]

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• Intro -- Introduction -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Part I: Themes in Oxford Economics -- 1: Oxford's Contributions to Econometrics -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Early Days: Seventeenth-Nineteenth Century Contributions -- 2.1 Sir William Petty -- 2.2 Florence Nightingale -- 2.3 Francis Ysidro Edgeworth -- 3 Econometrics at Oxford, 1900-1980 -- 3.1 Colin Clark -- 3.2 Oxford Institute of Statistics -- 3.3 James Meade -- 3.4 Martin Feldstein -- 3.5 Grayham Ernest Mizon -- 3.6 Alan Brown -- 3.7 Other Faculty -- 4 Oxford Econometrics, 1980-2000 -- 4.1 Nuffield College -- 4.2 Doctoral Students -- 4.3 Research Funding -- 5 Oxford Econometrics in the Twenty-First Century -- 5.1 Software Developments -- 5.2 Easter Schools -- 6 Contributions to Data Provision in the Twenty-First Century -- 7 Climate Econometrics -- References -- 2: Development Economics at Oxford, 1950-2020 -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Context and Institutions -- 2.1 The Changing Context -- 2.2 Institutional Evolution in Oxford -- 3 The Contributions of Oxford Development Economists -- 3.1 The Early Years -- 3.2 Flourishing of Development Economics from the Late 1960s -- 3.3 The 1980s and 1990s: Debt Crises and Adjustment Policies -- 3.4 The 1990s and Beyond -- 3.5 New Issues in the Twenty-First Century -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- 3: Oxford's Contributions to Industrial Economics from the 1920s to the 1980s -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Premises: From Macgregor's (Isolated) Contribution to the OERG in the Analysis of Industrial Firms (1921-1965) -- 2.1 Macgregor and Embryonic Industrial Economics -- 2.2 The Role of the OERG in the Analysis of Industrial Firms -- 3 Roots: From the Courtauld Inquiry to the Publication of Manufacturing Business (1943-1949) -- 3.1 Courtauld Inquiry (1943-1947).
• 3.2 Phillips Andrews' Contribution and the Publication of Manufacturing Business -- 4 Institutionalisation: From the Creation of the Journal of Industrial Economics to Further Developments Towards Information- and Knowledge-Based Approaches to the Firm (1952-1968) -- 4.1 Creation of the Journal of Industrial Economics -- 4.2 The Information- and Knowledge-Based Approaches to the Firm: Contributions by Richardson and Malmgren -- 5 Transformation: From Industrial Economics to Industrial Organisation (1979-1991) -- 5.1 A Comparison of the Successive Editions of Industrial Economics: Theory and Evidence-A Shift from Industrial Economics to Industrial Organisation -- 5.2 Developments in Applied Microeconomics and Their Influence on Industrial Organisation (1950s-1980s) -- 6 Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Pre-War Members of OERG -- Appendix 2: Post-War Members of OERG -- References -- 4: Economic History at Oxford, 1860-2020 -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Beginnings -- 3 Welfare -- 4 Medieval, Agrarian and Demographic -- 5 Economic Thought and Political Economy -- 6 Drivers of Economic Development -- 7 Teaching -- 8 Conclusion -- References -- 5: PPE and Oxford Economics -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Pre-PPE Political Economy at Oxford -- 3 PPE Economics at Oxford in the Inter-War Years -- 4 PPE Economics During Wartime and Post-War -- 5 Economics Tutors, Their Students and PPE's Influence in Post-War Britain -- References -- 6: The Oxford Institute of Statistics, 1935-1962 -- 1 An Uncertain Start -- 2 The Wartime Institute -- 3 Aliens Exposed -- 4 The Transition to Peace -- References -- Part II: Some Oxford Economists -- 7: Nassau Senior (1790-1864) -- 1 Introduction -- 2 An Affluent Conveyancer -- 3 Professor of Political Economy at the University of Oxford -- 4 Senior on Theory -- 5 Corn Laws, Poor Laws, the Wages Fund and Emigration.
• 6 The New Poor Law in England -- 7 Senior, the Irish Poor Law and the Famine -- 8 Combinations, Hand-Loom Weavers and the Factory Acts -- 9 Senior on Education -- 10 The Role of Government -- 11 Conclusion -- References -- Main Works by Nassau Senior -- Works by Nassau Senior Published Posthumously -- Other Works Referred To -- 8: William Forster Lloyd (1794-1852) -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Tragedy of the Commons -- 3 Marginal Utility and Value -- 4 Poor Laws -- 5 Behavioural Economics -- 6 Animal Intelligence -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Main Works by William Forster Lloyd -- Other Works Referred To -- 9: Bonamy Price (1807-1888) -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Life -- 3 Early Government Commissions -- 4 Election to the Drummond Chair -- 5 The Principles of Currency (1869) -- 6 Is Economics a Science? -- 7 Chapters on Practical Political Economy (1878) -- 8 Teaching in Oxford -- 9 Later Royal Commissions -- 10 Conclusion -- References -- Main Works by Bonamy Price -- Other Works Referred To -- 10: Thorold Rogers (1823-1890) -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Life and Career -- 3 A History of Agriculture and Prices in England -- 4 Other Work -- 4.1 Other Work as an Economist -- 4.2 Views on Oxford -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Main Works by Thorold Rogers -- Other Works Referred To -- 11: Francis Ysidro Edgeworth (1845-1926) -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Edgeworth at Oxford -- 3 Edgeworth's Approach to Economics -- 4 Early Work in Moral Philosophy -- 5 Early Work in Economics -- 6 Exchange, Contract and Indeterminacy -- 7 The Utilitarian Calculus -- 8 Later Work in Economics -- 8.1 Demand and Exchange -- 8.2 Monopoly and Oligopoly -- 8.3 Surveys of Taxation and International Values -- 9 Conclusion -- References -- Main Works by Francis Ysidro Edgeworth -- Other Works Referred To -- 12: David Hutchison Macgregor (1877-1953).
• 1 Introduction -- 2 In and Out of Marshall's Shadow -- 3 The Drummond Professor of Political Economy, 1922-1945 -- 4 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Main Works by David Hutchison Macgregor -- Other Works Referred To -- 13: Roy F. Harrod (1900-1978) -- 1 An Extended Introduction -- 2 Harrod's Revival of Growth Theory and His Contribution to Keynesian Macroeconomics -- 3 Conclusion -- References -- Main Works by Roy F. Harrod -- Other Works Referred To -- Additional References of Interest -- 14: Robert Lowe Hall (1901-1988) -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Biographical Details -- 3 Oxford Don: Tutor, Lecturer and Author -- 4 Oxford Economist: OERG and Hall and Hitch -- 5 Government Service and the House of Lords -- 6 Engineering, Economics and Policy-Making: Retrospect and Prospect -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Main Works by Robert Hall -- Other Works Referred To -- 15: Thomas Balogh (1905-1985) -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Balogh's Life -- 3 Baloghian Economics -- 4 Balogh's Contributions -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Main Works by Thomas Balogh -- Other Works Referred To -- Books and Articles about Thomas Balogh -- 16: Colin Clark (1905-1989) -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Beginnings -- 3 The Economic Advisory Council and Keynes -- 4 Australia -- 5 Epiphany -- 6 Oxford Reclaimed -- 7 Development Economics -- 8 Conclusion -- References -- Primary Sources -- Main Works by Colin Clark -- Other Works Referred To -- 17: P.W.S. Andrews (1914-1971) -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Early Career -- 3 Manufacturing Business -- 4 Andrews' Later Work -- 5 Later Appraisals -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Main Works by P.W.S. Andrews -- Other Works Referred To -- 18: Hrothgar John Habakkuk (1915-2002) -- 1 Introduction -- References -- Main Works by Hrothgar John Habakkuk -- Other Works Referred To -- 19: David Worswick (1916-2001) -- 1 Introduction.
• 2 Starting Out -- 3 Teaching and Academic Life: Introduction -- 3.1 Teaching -- 3.2 Other Academic Life -- 4 Research and Writing -- 5 The National Institute -- 6 Economic Forecasting -- 7 Other National Institute Projects -- 8 Incomes Policy -- 9 The Balance of Payments -- 10 The Problem of Funding -- 11 Retirement -- 12 Activities and Honours -- 13 David's Broader Life -- References -- Main Works by David Worswick -- Other Works Referred To -- 20: Ian Little (1918-2012) -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Life, Career, Personality -- 3 Theoretical Welfare Economics -- 4 Project Evaluation -- 5 Trade and Development -- 6 The Indian Economy -- 7 Ian as Investment Bursar -- 8 Conclusion -- References -- Main Works by Ian Little -- Other Works Referred To -- 21: W.M. Gorman (1923-2003) -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Life -- 3 The Work -- 3.1 Aggregation -- 3.2 Separability -- 3.3 Characteristics -- 3.4 Duality -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Main Works by W.M. Gorman -- Collected Works -- Other -- Unpublished Works -- Other Works Referred To -- 22: W. Max Corden (1927-) -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 A Lucky Escape -- 2 LSE and NIESR (1953-1957) -- 2.1 Mentors and Friends -- 3 Return to Australia (University of Melbourne, 1958-1962 -- ANU, Canberra, 1962-1967) -- 3.1 Effective Protection -- 4 Oxford, 1967-1976 -- 4.1 The Switch of Research Focus -- 4.2 Notable Articles Published During the Oxford Years -- 4.3 Impact on Oxford Economics via Teaching and Graduate Supervision -- 5 Return to Australia: The ANU, 1977-1986 -- 6 Move to the US: The IMF and SAIS, 1986-2002 -- 7 The Final Return to Melbourne -- References -- Main Works by Max Corden -- Other Works Referred To -- 23: Derek Robinson (1932-2014) -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Imperfect Labour Markets -- 3 Trade Unions -- 4 Incomes Policy and the Pay Board -- 5 Conclusion.
• Appendix 1: The Retail Price Index (RPI) and Unemployment in the UK, 1960-1985.
• Description based on print version record.