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A Capital Invariant Solution to the Marxian Transformation Problem

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This paper constructs a new solution to the Marxian transformation problem in a simple reproduction economy. It imposes two invariant equations using both constant and variable capital, separately, in order to solve the price and value system. This solution produces a profit rate that lays in between the “new interpretation†and labor-valued profit rates.

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  • Gabriel Montes-Rojas, 2017. "A Capital Invariant Solution to the Marxian Transformation Problem," Review of Radical Political Economics, Union for Radical Political Economics, vol. 49(1), pages 114-124, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:reorpe:v:49:y:2017:i:1:p:114-124
    DOI: 10.1177/0486613415616216
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    Keywords

    Marxian transformation problem; new interpretation; values; prices of production;
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    JEL classification:

    • B14 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925 - - - Socialist; Marxist
    • B24 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925 - - - Socialist; Marxist; Scraffian

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