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A theoretical study of fixed capital systems : the Post-Classical and the Neo-Austrian approaches

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17530148
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Economic theory
Research InstitutionToyama Prefectural University

Principal Investigator

HIRANO Yoshitaka  Toyama Prefectural University, the department of technology, Associate Professor, 工学部, 准教授 (80305482)

Project Period (FY) 2005 – 2006
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2006)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥1,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000)
KeywordsFixed Capital / Sraffa / Ricardo / the Post-Classical approach / Wicksell / machine problem / labor employment / technical change / 重力の中心 / 新オーストリアン接近法 / 垂直的統合関係 / アドルフ・ロウ / 移行過程 / リカードの機械化分析 / 労働の熟練度問題 / ポスト古典派 / 自己補填的構造
Research Abstract

The present study aims to show how economic system is influenced by technical change, for example,-mechanization, when fixed capital is explicitly introduced into the model. The topic is discussed in depth with major focuses on the Post-Classical approach, in which Sraffa was a pioneer, and the Neo-Austrian approach, in which Hicks played a leading role.
To begin with, I examined Okishio Theorem in order to clarify the validity of its logic, which states that the rising rate of equilibrium profit results from mechanization, and of its analytic framework. However, in the course of the research, it became clear that many more elements had to be considered in connection with the first stage of mechanization than was first thought. To clarify the relations among these elements, I conducted a survey on Ricardo's machine problem, an early example of the study that systematically treated mechanization problem in production processes. The outcome of this survey is the paper titled 'Technical ch … More ange and employment' (Hirano, 2007a).
It discusses the theory of compensation originating from Say's law, Marx's fatal factor of Capitalistic Systems, objections by the principle of substitution, a logical puzzle by Morishima, Adolph Lowe's traverse analysis, a Neo-Austrian Model by Hicks, and some related topics.
I also investigated Wicksell, who criticized Ricardo's machine problem and presented an instructive fixed capital model. He was the marginalist critique of Ricardo's machine problem, but, on the other hand, he presented a new framework for the treatment of fixed capital for both the Post-Classical approach and the Neo-Austrian approach. I examined his analysis particularly in relation to the Post-Classical approach on fixed capital. The result of this work is presented in the paper "Capital' and a Structure of Self-replacement' (Hirano, 2006).
In the Post-Classical approach, economic system is characteristically recognized as an interdependent structure consisting of asymmetrical concepts, production and consumption. Based on this view, I developed the concept of 'three spheres of the significance of working'. The details are discussed in the paper "Skilled labor 'in a broad sense and the problem of inequalities' (Hirano, 2007b). Less

Report

(3 results)
  • 2006 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2005 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (10 results)

All 2007 2006 Other

All Journal Article (9 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] (平野,2007b)「広義の労働熟練度と格差問題」2007

    • Author(s)
      平野 嘉孝
    • Journal Title

      科研費研究成果報告書

      Pages: 49-60

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 'Skilled labor' in a broad sense and the problem of inequalities2007

    • Author(s)
      Hirano, Y.
    • Journal Title

      Research report (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science No.17530148

      Pages: 49-60

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] (平野,2006)「「資本」と自己補填的構造」2006

    • Author(s)
      平野 嘉孝
    • Journal Title

      彦根論叢 第356号

      Pages: 55-72

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 自己補填的構造、固定資本、そして所得分配問題2006

    • Author(s)
      平野 嘉孝
    • Journal Title

      経済学・経済思想の諸パラダイムの比較検討(第6章)

      Pages: 64-74

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 'Capital' and a Structure of Self-replacement2006

    • Author(s)
      Hirano, Y.
    • Journal Title

      Hikone Economic Review No.356

      Pages: 55-72

    • NAID

      110004473857

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 「資本」と自己補填的構造2006

    • Author(s)
      平野 嘉孝
    • Journal Title

      彦根論叢(滋賀大学) 356号

      Pages: 55-72

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 自己補填的構造、固定資本、そして所得分配問題2006

    • Author(s)
      平野 嘉孝
    • Journal Title

      経済学史・社会思想史研究会編『経済学・経済思想の諸パラダイムの比較検討』

      Pages: 64-74

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 技術変化と労働雇用2006

    • Author(s)
      平野 嘉孝
    • Journal Title

      八木紀一郎編著『経済学史ハンドブック 経済学と進化の思想』 (印刷中)(仮題)

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] (平野,2007a)「技術変化と労働雇用」

    • Author(s)
      平野 嘉孝
    • Journal Title

      経済学史ハンドブック(八木紀一郎編著) (第2章予定)(印刷中)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Book] Technical change and employment, Handbook on the history of economic thought and theory(Yagi, K.(ed.))2007

    • Author(s)
      Hirano, Y.
    • Publisher
      Nakanishiya Publisher
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary

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