Economic Activity Analysis

Name: Economic Activity Analysis
Author: Morgenstern

1954

by Morgenstern

Oskar MorgensternJohn von NeumannMathematical EconomicsCarl MengerEquilibriumGustav CasselPhysiocracyPlanned EconomyVilfredo ParetoMarginal UtilityCompetitionEconomic GoodsGame TheoryJohn HicksPaul SamuelsonProductivityInterest RatesResource AllocationInnovationBalance of PaymentsMarket StructureMonopolyPerfect CompetitionWagesJohn Maynard KeynesMicroeconomicsInternational TradeMonopolistic CompetitionProfit and LossEmpiricismDiminishing ReturnsLudwig von MisesMethodologyAgricultureFrancis Ysidro EdgeworthClassical EconomicsAustrian SchoolKnut WicksellAlfred MarshallUncertaintyAdam SmithDavid RicardoEconomic CalculationLeon WalrasIrving FisherEconomies of ScaleJohann Heinrich von ThunenPrice TheoryBusiness Cycles

Table of Contents · 116 segments

Front matter, title page, copyright, and government reproduction noticechapter

Prefaceessay

Contributorsbibliography

Table of contentschapter

List of tablesbibliography

Introduction by O. Morgensternessay

Models of General Economic Equilibrium: purpose, historical background, and Walrasian setuptheoretical

Walrasian definitions, notation, and individual equilibrium equationstheoretical

Walrasian market equilibrium, average-cost pricing, and Wald uniqueness conditionstheoretical

Criticisms and practical modifications of the Walrasian systemtheoretical

Leontief's Input-Output Modeltheoretical

von Neumann's Modeltheoretical

The Air Force Modeltheoretical

The Input-Output System--Its Nature and Use: Introductionessay

The Input-Output Modeltheoretical

The Assumptions of the Input-Output Modeltheoretical

Some Applications of the Input-Output Model: Introductionessay

Projection of Output and Employmentessay

Analysis of the Effect of Foreign Tradeessay

The Analysis of Price Changesessay

Conclusion to Morgenstern's Discussion of Input-Output Applicationsessay

Aggregation in the Input-Output Model: Introductionessay

Procedure for Aggregation in the Input-Output Modeltheoretical

Problems Encountered in Aggregation: Criteria, Classifications, and Data Difficultiestheoretical

IV. Mathematical Aspects of Aggregation in Input-Output Analysistheoretical

The Treatment of Foreign and Domestic Trade and Transportation Charges in the Leontief Input-Output Table, Section Iessay

Section II Introduction: BLS Input-Output Tables and Accounting Differencesessay

Omitted Trade Margins on Manufacturers' Direct Salesessay

Manufacturers' Own Branches and Omitted Trade Profitsessay

Interplant Transfers within Integrated Firmsessay

Matrix Adjustments for Omitted Trade Marginsessay

Calculating and Allocating Trade Marginsessay

Significance of Omitted Trade Margins in Coefficients and Inversesessay

Operational Equivalence of Alternative Import, Trade, and Transportation Accountingtheoretical

Description of Princeton and Leontief Models Comparedessay

Computational Procedure for Comparing Accounting Methodstheoretical

Results of Comparing Princeton and Leontief Accounting Methodsessay

The Problem of Constancy in Input-Output Coefficientstheoretical

Appendix A: Reconciliation of Two 1939 Input-Output Tablesessay

Errors of Classification in Input-Output Industry Unitsessay

Appendix B: Table List and Industry Classificationessay

Appendix B Tables II.1-II.5: Omitted Trade Margins and Adjusted Inversesessay

Appendix B Tables III.1-III.6: Princeton and Leontief Coefficient Matricesessay

Appendix B Tables III.7-III.10: Inverses and Output-Estimate Differencesessay

Introduction to Inequalities for Minkowski-Leontief Matricesessay

Contents and Notationtheoretical

Part I, Section 1.1: Moduli of Matricestheoretical

Part I, Section 1.2: Two Instances of Matrix Modulitheoretical

Part II, Section 2.1: Non-Negative Matrices Satisfying the Cauchy-Hadamard Conditiontheoretical

Part II, Section 2.2: Upper Bounds for the Determinant of I - Atheoretical

Part II, Section 2.3: Lower Bounds for the Determinant of I - Atheoretical

Part II, Section 2.4: Estimates for Diagonal Elements of the Inverse of I - Atheoretical

Matrices with Complex Numbers: Section Introductiontheoretical

Lemma 3.1: Inequalities for Adjoint Matrices with Complex Entriestheoretical

Determinant Bounds for I - A under Complex Column-Sum Conditionstheoretical

Equivalent and Indecomposable Matrices; Strengthening Classical Nonsingularity Resultstheoretical

Further Estimates for Determinants of Complex Matricestheoretical

Quasi-Inverse and Modulus-Based Bounds for Adjoint Rows and Determinantstheoretical

Matrices with Non-Negative Elements: Adjoint, Determinant, and Quasi-Inverse Inequalitiestheoretical

Applications to Related Constants of I - Atheoretical

Invariant Properties of Minkowski-Leontief Matricestheoretical

Appendix I: Further Inequalities from the Quasi-Inverse Diagonaltheoretical

Bibliography for Inequalities for Minkowski-Leontief Matricesbibliography

Some Mathematical Concepts for Linear Economic Models: Introductionessay

An Inequality for Characteristic Valuestheoretical

Carl Neumann's Seriestheoretical

The Resolventstheoretical

The Modulus of A and Its Relation to the Dominant Characteristic Value of AA'theoretical

The Modulus of L = I - Atheoretical

Note on the Quasi-Inverse of a Square Matrix: Its Economic Significance and an Applicationtheoretical

Inner Products of Vectors Relative to a Symmetric, Positive-Definite Matrixtheoretical

Convexity Property of Minkowski-Leontief Matricestheoretical

Economic Significance and Geometrical Meaning of Determinantstheoretical

Volume of Net Productiontheoretical

Economic Interpretation of the Adjoinstheoretical

Properties of Leontief-Type Input-Output Matrices: Introductiontheoretical

Determinantal Bounds for Leontief-Type Matricestheoretical

Characterization of Singular Leontief-Type Matricestheoretical

The Positive Nature of the Inverses of Leontief Matricestheoretical

Bibliography to Properties of Leontief-type Input-output Matricesbibliography

Characteristic Roots of Input-Output Matricestheoretical

"Continuous" Programmingessay

Matrices and Treestheoretical

An Economic Application of "Matrices and Trees"essay

Generalization: Trees, Leontief Determinants, and Principal Minorstheoretical

Exceptional Cases for Tree Construction in Leontief Systemstheoretical

Numerical Computations: Overview and Table I Input Coefficientstheoretical

Numerical Computations: Table II Inverse of I-Atheoretical

Numerical Computations: Tables III-V Characteristic Polynomial and Eigenvaluestheoretical

Numerical Computations: Tables VI-IX Characteristic Values and Vectorstheoretical

The Logic of the Laws of Return: Prefaceessay

Introduction to Meta-Economic Analysis of the Laws of Returnessay

The Law of Diminishing Return on Landtheoretical

Properties of the Production Functiontheoretical

What Follows from the Boundedness of the Production Function?theoretical

The Classical Proofs of the Law of Diminishing Returns on Landtheoretical

L. v. Mises' Proof of the Law of Diminishing Returnstheoretical

Boehm-Bawerk's Prooftheoretical

Wicksell's Prooftheoretical

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The Impossibility of Proving Diminishing Product Increments from the Production Function Properties Consideredtheoretical

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The Proposition of Non-Increasing Product Increments and Super-Additivitytheoretical

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Relationship Between Diminishing Average Product and Diminishing Product Incrementstheoretical

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Economic Goods and the Laws of Returntheoretical

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Concluding Remarks on Production Functions, Value, and Logical Methodtheoretical

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Experiment and Large Scale Computation in Economics: Front Matter and Contentsessay

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Introduction: Thought Experiments, Physical Experiments, and Computationessay

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The Development Towards Computation in Economicsessay

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Relation Between Computation and Experimentessay

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The Direct Experiment and Measurementessay

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V.A. Direct Experiments in Economicstheoretical

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V.B. Indirect Experiments: Definitions and Public Calculationstheoretical

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V.B. Indirect Experiments: Private Business Calculationstheoretical

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V.B. Indirect Experiments of Economic Sciencetheoretical

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VI. Non-Theoretical Data Generation by Computationtheoretical

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VII. Concluding Remarkstheoretical

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Index and Library Date Due Recordsbibliography