Rationalité économique et concurrence chez Cournot

Alain Alcouffe and Jean Frayssé

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Abstract: As soon as 1838, Cournot was aware that his method itself, using systematically modelisation – was opening a new avenue for economists that should be justified. Still, in 1877, he asserted that "the improvements of the industrial economy should tend to reduce the number of cases where our abstract conceptions cease to be applicable". Therefore the first part of this article is devoted to Cournot's methodology whereas the second part is devoted to his theory of competitions and to the recent developments it has given rise. In conclusion, it is observed that economics has not developed a theory of imperfect competition in the framework of general equilibrium.

Keywords: Cournot; methodology; modelisation; imperfect competition; general equilibrium; méthodologie; modélisation; concurrence imparfaite; équilibre général (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1992
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Published in Économies et sociétés, 1992, Histoire de l'économie industrielle, 26 (3), pp.51-69

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