Volume 8 in the publisher's series, The Pioneering Papers of the Nobel Memorial Laureates in Economics, comprises eight papers by Samuelson (1915-2009), five by Hicks (1904-89), six by Arrow
(b.1921), six by Debreu (b.1921), and four (in French, with English abstracts) by Allais (b. 1911), along with introductory essays for each man. A sampling of topics: the gains from
international trade, protection and real wages, a reconsideration of the theory of value, the basic theorems of classical welfare economics, the economic implications of learning by doing,
economies with a finite set of equilibria, and the influence of the capital-output ratio on real national income. Each volume in the series is devoted to economists whose work is in the same
broad area--groupings which involved decision-making and some personal judgment when subject areas overlapped. There's no attempt to achieve comprehensiveness with regard to the work of each
Laureate or with regard to the subject matter; generally, not more than six papers are presented for each individual, and none are repeated within the series. Economists Vane and Mulhearn
(both: Liverpool John Moores U., UK) have taken on the editorial task of selecting pioneering papers, arranging the material, and setting the work in context with introductory essays.
Selections were originally published in such sources as Economica, Review of Economic Studies, International Economic Review, and Quarterly J. of Economics. The contents are not indexed.
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