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Quarterly Journal of Economics Vol. 71 No. 3 1957

On the Geometry of Welfare Economics: A Suggested Diagrammatic Treatment of Some Basic Propositions

Peter B. Kenen

Columbia University

Abstract

I. The Bowley-Edgeworth box diagram can be used to describe an exchange but not a production equilibrium, 426. — II. A modified box diagram that allows a complete and explicit treatment of the welfare implications of changes in production, 429. — III. Relation of modified box diagram to some recent work in welfare economics, 433. — IV. Application of modified box diagram to analysis of certain propositions in the theory of international trade, 439.

DOI
10.2307/1884667
Volume
71
Issue
3
Pages
426
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