Researches into the Mathematical Principles of the Theory of Wealth

by Antoine-Augustin Cournot

Cournot is acknowledged as the first writer to define and to draw a demand function as well as the founder of not only the theory of monopoly but also the theory of duopoly. This edition includes an essay on Cournot and a bibliography of mathematical economics by Irving Fisher. "For sheer originality and boldness of conception has no equal in the history of economic theory." M. Blaug Economic Theory in Retrospect. "The clarity and parsimony of Cournot's modelling stand ... as a beacon in guiding the development of mathematical economics." The New Palgrave. "Although Cournot has been rehabilitated, his contribution to economics has not been exhausted." International Encylcopedia of the Social Sciences

Genres: Economics, Politics, Mathematics

243 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1838

About the author

French philosopher and mathematician

Reviews

[Thomas Ray]

HB73 C78 1963
HB173 C78 1971
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