Prices, Growth and Cycles : Essays in Honour of András Bródy

This book contains a collection of essays written by renowned economists on the occasion of Andras Brody's 70th birthday. Andras Brody has contributed to many fields of economics, including mathematical modelling, the theory of economic growth, marxian economics and input-output analysis. The essays contained in this book deal with new results in these and related fields, and cover both theoretical and empirical aspects. Among the topics being discussed are foundations of input-output analysis, methodologies for measuring economic growth and structural change, and normative aspects of economic behaviour. The book also includes a chapter on the extraordinary event of building an input-output table for the newly reunited Germany. Front Matter....Pages i-xxvii Accounting for Duality and Circularity....Pages 1-18 Change as Economic Activity....Pages 19-34 Index Numbers and the Theory of Value....Pages 35-57 Current Uses of the RAS Technique: A Critical Review....Pages 58-88 Bi-regional Input-Output Proportions for Germany — First Results....Pages 89-107 Analyzing Decomposition Analyses....Pages 108-131 Measuring the Productivity of Nations....Pages 132-148 Equilibrium and Disequilibrium in a Disaggregated Classical Model....Pages 149-160 Structural Economic Dynamics: Catching-Up and the Global Deflationary Bias....Pages 161-183 Complex Dynamics in Control Models with Bounds: A Review....Pages 184-199 Proportions, Growth and Cycles between Constant and Non-Constant Returns to Scale....Pages 200-217 Bródy’s Capital....Pages 218-223 Towards a Tenable Concept of ‘Warranted Supply’....Pages 224-235 The Elusive Standard Commodity: Eigenvectors as Standards of Value....Pages 236-254 Joint Production in a Two-Sector Model....Pages 255-269 Price Scheme Cones....Pages 270-279 Production Prices and Proportions Revisited....Pages 280-301 Back Matter....Pages 303-310 Foreword / Wassily Leontief -- Introduction / Andras Simonovits And Albert E. Steenge -- A Biography Of Andras Brody -- Publications Of Andras Brody In English -- 1. Accounting For Duality And Circularity / Maria Augusztinovics -- 2. Change As Economic Activity / Anne P. Carter -- 3. Index Numbers And The Theory Of Value / Utz-peter Reich -- 4. Current Uses Of The Ras Technique: A Critical Review / Karen R. Polenske -- 5. Bi-regional Input-output Proportions For Germany -- First Results / Reiner Staglin -- 6. Analyzing Decomposition Analyses / Erik Dietzenbacher And Bart Los -- 7. Measuring The Productivity Of Nations / Pirkko Aulin-ahmavaara. Edited By András Simonovits And Albert E. Steenge ; Foreword By Wassily Leontief. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. A collection of essays written by economists on the occasion of Andras Brody's 70th birthday. The essays deal with results in the field of economics and related issues, and cover both theoretical and empirical aspects.