Information, Expectations and the Theory of the Firm

H. B. Malmgren

doi:10.2307/1885131

Abstract

I. The price system and the firm, 399. — II. The control of information, 402. — III. Information and expectations, 405. — IV. The division of knowledge, 411. — V. The firm's decision mechanism, 417. — VI. Conclusion, 420.

Keywords

EconomicsTheory of the firmMechanism (biology)Control (management)Division (mathematics)MicroeconomicsRational expectationsEconometricsManagementPhilosophyMathematicsEpistemology

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Year: 1961
Type: article
Volume: 75
Issue: 3
Pages: 399-399
Citations: 261
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                                    H. B. Malmgren
                                
                            (1961). 
                            Information, Expectations and the Theory of the Firm. 
                            The Quarterly Journal of Economics
                            , 75
                            (3)
                            , 399-399.
                            https://doi.org/10.2307/1885131

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DOI: 10.2307/1885131