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On the Ricardian invariable measure of value in general convex economies

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  • Kazuhiro Kurose

    (Tohoku University)

  • Naoki Yoshihara

    (School of Economics and Management, Kochi University of Technology)

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This study examines the possibility of an invariable measure of value when price changes induced by income redistribution between profit and wages take place in general convex economies. While Ricardo searched for an invariable measure of value with respect to changes in both the factor income distribution and the technique, Sraffa constructed a standard commodity serving as a measure of the change in a factor income distribution alone by leaving aside the possibility of changes in the size and composition of output and means of production. This study allows for the possibility that a change in factor income distribution involves a change in technique, and proposes an extension of Sraffa’s standard commodity. Then, we show that it serves as an invariable measure of value with respect to the income redistribution, even though it involves a change in technique. Finally, we examine whether the linear distributional relation is preserved.

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  • Kazuhiro Kurose & Naoki Yoshihara, 2018. "On the Ricardian invariable measure of value in general convex economies," Working Papers SDES-2018-15, Kochi University of Technology, School of Economics and Management, revised Oct 2018.
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    Keywords

    Ricardo’s invariable measure of value; Sraffa’s standard commodity; Linear relation of factor income distribution; General convex economies;
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    JEL classification:

    • B51 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - Socialist; Marxian; Sraffian
    • D33 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Factor Income Distribution
    • D51 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - Exchange and Production Economies

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