Finance:The Theory of Price

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Short description: Book by George Stigler


The Theory of Price is a book written by George Stigler. The book was first published in 1946, as a revision and expansion of The Theory of Competitive Price (1942), and has since been revised and reprinted several times. The book covers a range of topics related to microeconomics.[1]

Table of Contents

Fourth Edition, 1987

  1. Introduction to Economic Analysis
  2. Prices and the Enterprise Economy
  3. Consumer Behavior
  4. The Theory of Utility
  5. Pricing with Limited Supplies
  6. The Supplies of Productive Services
  7. Costs and Production
  8. Production: Diminishing Returns
  9. Production: Returns to Scale
  10. Additional Topics in Production and Costs
  11. The General Theory of Competitive Prices
  12. The Theory of Monopoly
  13. Oligopoly, Cartels, and Mergers
  14. The Economics of Information
  15. The Demand for Productive Services
  16. Rents and Quasi-Rents
  17. Wage Theory
  18. The Size Distribution of Income
  19. Capital and Interest
  20. The Economy and the State
  • Appendix A. Fundamental Quantitative Relationships
  • Appendix B. Mathematical Notes
  • Index

See also

References

  1. Stigler, George J. (1987). The Theory of price (4th ed.). New York, NY: Macmillan [u.a.]. ISBN 978-0024174000.