This is just to inform that I have inserted some a paper on "Marshall, Sraffa,
and the Problem of Returns" in the archieves of pkt. The archives can be
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The paper "Marshall, Sraffa, and the Problem of Returns" has been written by
Carlo Panico and myself, it is going to be published in the
_European_Journal_of_the_History_of_Economic_Thought_ (I will eliminate from the
archieves as soon as it will be published), and is connected to at least one
debate among pen-lers. Here you will find the abstract.
The paper deals with some links between Sraffa's 1920s work on Marshallian
supply functions and his 1960 book. It argues that the content of Sraffa's 1920s
articles can justify the lack of reference in _Production_of_Commodities_ to the
analysis of the firm. Besides, it can clarify Sraffa's position on the
determinants of variable returns and some origins of the method based on the
assumption of "given quantities", which characterises his later book. It also
argues that some important aspects of the development of
_Production_of_Commodities_ find their origin in the Marshallian tradition as
well as in the "classical" one
Neri Salvadori
Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche TEL. (39)(50)549215
Universita' di Pisa FAX: (39)(50)598040
Via Ridolfi 10, i56100 PISA (Italy) e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
