Paul Walker

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The Theory of the Firm: An Overview of the Economic Mainstream, Revised Edition

Number of pages: 334 Posted: 01 Aug 2022 Last Revised: 28 Jun 2023
Paul Walker
Independent
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theory of the firm, organisational economics

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The Representative Firm

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 17 Oct 2019 Last Revised: 21 Oct 2019
Paul Walker
Independent
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history of economic thought, production, representative firm, theory of the firm

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A Brief Prehistory of the Theory of the Firm, Revised Edition

Number of pages: 156 Posted: 06 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 05 Jan 2020
Paul Walker
Independent
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theory of the firm, history of economic thought, theory of production

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'Reference Points' and the Theory of the Firm: An Introduction

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 10 Apr 2011
Paul Walker
Independent
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contracts, theory of the firm, reference points

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Contracts, Entrepreneurs, Market Creation and Judgement: The Contemporary Mainstream Theory of the Firm in Perspective

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 22 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 19 Dec 2014
Paul Walker
Independent
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theory of the firm, incomplete contracts, principal-agent, Spulber, entrepreneurial judgement

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Foundations of Organisational Economics: Histories and Theories of the Firm and Production

Number of pages: 170 Posted: 10 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 25 Jul 2022
Paul Walker
Independent
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history of economic thought, theory of production, theory of the firm

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A history of the contemporary mainstream economic theory of the firm 1920 - 2020. A story of opportunities taken and missed.

Number of pages: 270 Posted: 24 Jan 2024 Last Revised: 20 May 2025
Paul Walker
Independent
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theory of the firm, history of thought, rationalisation debate, division of labour, Frank Knight, Ronald Coase, Arnold Plant, Harald Milmgren

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(Almost) Everything You Wanted to Know About the History of the Theory of Production/the Firm: But Were Afraid (too bored) to Ask

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 11 Feb 2022 Last Revised: 04 Apr 2022
Paul Walker
Independent
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History of economic thought, theory of the firm, theory of production

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Simple Models of a Human-Capital Based Firm: A Reference Point Approach

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 10 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 10 Jul 2014
Paul Walker
Independent
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knowledge firm, contracts, theory of the firm, reference points, human capital

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The Nature of Coase and the Firm. "The Nature of the Firm" in economic thought

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 29 Dec 2022 Last Revised: 16 Jan 2025
Paul Walker
Independent
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History of economic thought, theory of the firm, Ronald Coase

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Being Neoclassical Before it was Cool to be Neoclassical: The Case of the Theory of the Firm

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 08 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 16 Aug 2019
Paul Walker
Independent
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history of economic thought, history of the theory of the firm, organisational economics, perfect competition, monopoly, oligopoly

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The Division of Labour and the Mainstream Theory of the Firm

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 20 May 2019 Last Revised: 30 Jun 2019
Paul Walker
Independent
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history of economic thought, theory of the firm, division of labour

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From Complete to Incomplete (Contracts): A Survey of the Mainstream Approach to the Theory of Privatisation

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 03 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 21 May 2017
Paul Walker
Independent
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privatisation, incomplete contracts, theory of the firm

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Normative versus Positive Analysis in the History of the Theory of Production

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 16 Sep 2019
Paul Walker
Independent
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history of economic thought, production, normative analysis, positive analysis

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The Theory of Privatisation: An Updated Review of the Literature

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 17 Mar 2025 Last Revised: 21 Mar 2025
Paul Walker
Independent
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nationalisation, theory of the firm, state-owned-enterprises, privatisation, incomplete contracts

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The Teacher Versus the Student: Plant and Coase on the Firm

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 18 Apr 2022 Last Revised: 17 May 2022
Paul Walker
Independent
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History of economic thought, theory of the firm, Arnold Plant, Ronald Coase

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Under Appreciated Economists. Arnold Plant and the Theory of the Firm

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 17 Mar 2025 Last Revised: 23 Mar 2025
Paul Walker
Independent
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Arnold Plant, theory of the firm, history of economic thought