L’entrepreneur, éléments d’une analyse parallèle Léon Walras / joseph alois Schumpeter (The entrepreneur, elements for a paralell analysis Leon Walras / joseph alois Schumpeter)

Sophie Boutillier ()
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No 230, Working Papers from Laboratoire de Recherche sur l'Industrie et l'Innovation. ULCO / Research Unit on Industry and Innovation

Abstract: L. Walras, comme J. A. Schumpeter, avaient la même ambition : révolutionner la théorie économique. Ils atteignent cet objectif par des voies différentes (le premier par les mathématiques, le second par l’analyse sociohistorique). Ils formulent ainsi deux théories différentes de l’entrepreneur, agent économique central du capitalisme. Le modèle de Walras est statique. L’entrepreneur est rationnel par son comportement maximisateur. Le modèle de Schumpeter est dynamique. L’entrepreneur est le moteur du changement économique. Une analyse parallèle des deux théories montre cependant que l’écart entre ces deux analyses n’est pas aussi profond. L. Walras, like J. A. Schumpeter, had the same ambition: to revolutionize the economic theory. They achieved this goal by various ways (the first through the use of mathematics, the second by a socio-historical analysis). They formulate two different theories of the entrepreneur, the central economic agent of capitalism. The Walras’ model is static. The entrepreneur is rational by his maximizing behaviour. The Schumpeter’s model is dynamic. The entrepreneur is the engine of economic change. Nevertheless, the parallel of both theories shows that the gap between these analyses is not so deep.

Keywords: entrepreneur; leon walras; joseph alois; schumpeter; annalyse; théorie économique; economic theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 21 pages
Date: 2010-11
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Published in Cahiers du Lab.RII, July 2010

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