Normal Value

Vahabi, Mehrdad (2009): Normal Value. Published in:

Abstract

This paper explores Alfred Marshall's concept of Normality and its relevance in understanding time in economic change. Natura non facit saltum or the incremental change of time is compatible with partial equilibrium and reveals a tension between two notions of time: ex ante vision of time and ex post vision of time. The former describes entrepreneur's temporal profile and the latter captures analyst (economist)temporal horizon.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Normality, normal equilibrium, time, ex ante and ex post vision of time, incremental change
• Subjects: B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches > B1 - History of Economic Thought through 1925; B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches > B1 - History of Economic Thought through 1925 > B13 - Neoclassical through 1925 (Austrian, Marshallian, Walrasian, Stockholm School); B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches > B3 - History of Economic Thought: Individuals; D - Microeconomics > D5 - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E3 - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles

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