Frank Plumpton Ramsey: The Economic Phenomenon Who Died Prematurely

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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Frank Plumpton Ramsey: The Economic Phenomenon Who Died Prematurely
Original language description
Although F. P. Ramsey (1903-1930) died aged nearly 27, he managed to publish a few pioneering works in mathematics, logic and philosophy. But this article deals with his work in the field of general economic theory only. We can identify four topics in his three economic contributions. By all means these four Ramsey's topics were ahead of his time, and have influenced the economics decades later. Ramsey's first article contributes to the expected utility theory, in other words the decision problem underuncertainty. The second one contributes to the taxes theory and monetary policy theory. In the third one he built a new and unique methodological approach to economic modelling, which is the aim of this article. So called Ramsey's model lies traditionally within the field of economic growth but under some modifications also within the field of public finance, supply-side economics and new classical macroeconomics. Ramsey's model is the main ingredient of contemporary analysis of short- a
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
AB - History
OECD FORD branch
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Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2013
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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