The study of production is central to economic theory, and capital and its accumulation are two of the most interesting aspects of the modern production process. Capital may take the form of inventories of inputs, inventories of outputs, or machines and other fixed goods. The essential and unique aspect of all types of capital is that it must be accumulated as the result of prior stages of the production process. This gives the dynamic theory of production a recursive structure that can be exploited by economic analysis. The optimization of production under recursive conditions lends itself to general mathematical methods of dynamic programming and optimal control theory. This is the main theme of the essays included in this fifth volume of Kenneth Arrow's "Collected Papers,"
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The study of production is central to economic theory, and capital and its accumulation are two of the most interesting aspects of the modern production process. Capital may take the form of inventories of inputs, inventories of outputs, or machines and other fixed goods. The essential and unique aspect of all types of capital is that it must be accumulated as the result of prior stages of the production process. This gives the dynamic theory of production a recursive structure that can be exploited by economic analysis. The optimization of production under recursive conditions lends itself to general mathematical methods of dynamic programming and optimal control theory. This is the main theme of the essays included in this fifth volume of Kenneth Arrow's "Collected Papers,"
Imprint | Harvard University Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | September 1985 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | September 1985 |
Authors | Kenneth J. Arrow |
Dimensions | 235 x 156 x 35mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover |
Pages | 496 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-674-13777-6 |
Barcode | 9780674137776 |
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LSN | 0-674-13777-9 |