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Nature et mesure du capital dans la théorie du capital productif de Böhm-Bawerk

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[eng] This paper aims at studying Bôhm-Bawerk's theory of the measurement of productive capital in the light of his realist conception of economic methodology, as opposed to Menger's more conventionalist view. This empirical viewpoint is interpreted as the central methodological topic of the controversy opposing Böhm-Bawerk to J.B. Clark, and leads to a specific analysis of the measurement of capital as a bundle of heterogeneous productive goods. [fre] L'objectif de cet article est d'étudier la théorie du capital productif de Böhm-Bawerk et les problèmes de mesure qui lui sont attachés, sous l'angle de sa conception réaliste de la méthodologie économique, opposée à la version conventionnaliste de Menger. Son attachement à cette approche empirique de la structure productive éclaire le contenu méthodologique de la controverse qui l'oppose à J.B. Clark et justifie son intérêt pour une analyse de la mesure des agrégats de biens capitaux hétérogènes.

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  • Jacques-Laurent Ravix, 1999. "Nature et mesure du capital dans la théorie du capital productif de Böhm-Bawerk," Cahiers d'Économie Politique, Programme National Persée, vol. 35(1), pages 37-61.
    • Handle: RePEc:prs:caecpo:cep_0154-8344_1999_num_35_1_1261
    DOI: 10.3406/cep.1999.1261
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