Hostage to Fortune: Edward Chamberlin and the Reception of The Theory of Monopolistic Competition
1933年张伯伦与琼·罗宾逊同时出版垄断竞争著作,学界认为两者相同,但张伯伦坚持差异并试图扭转共识。本文分析其策略及失败原因,适合对经济学说史和学术争论感兴趣的读者。
In February 1933, Edward Chamberlin published The Theory of Monopolistic Competition. Joan Robinson's The Economics of Imperfect Competition followed in the spring. A disciplinary consensus quickly formed, holding that the two books represented simultaneous discoveries of the same theoretical ideas and covered the same ground. Chamberlin was adamant in insisting on fundamental differences between their positions. Convinced of the superior explanatory power of his work, he devoted much of his post–Monopolistic Competition career laboring to reverse the disciplinary consensus. We analyze the main tactics he employed in attempting to gain control of the reception of his theory and consider why they failed.