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Profit in Economic Theory

1983
The connection between profit and economic theory is an intimate one. Economic analysis, in very large part, developed only with the maturing of a capitalist system in which production activities became overwhelmingly organised on the basis of profitability. Moreover, the attempt to understand such a system has been the focal point of economic interest
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The intertemporal behavior of economic profits

International Journal of Industrial Organization, 1985
Abstract The intertemporal behavior of economic profits is examined. Tests show that profit rates are not independent of their initial level. A set of tests for the nature of the profit adjustment mechanism is proposed and a stock market-based profit measure is employed.
Robert A. Connolly, Steven Schwartz
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Productivity, profitability and economic insecurity

International Journal of Social Economics, 1997
For some time, economists have taken note of a reversal in the historic rise in living standards in the USA and its serious consequences. Namely, for some persons and families, living standards of late have not improved at all and, worse yet, for others their financial fortunes have actually deteriorated.
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The Economics Of For-Profit And Not-For-Profit Hospitals

Health Affairs, 2000
This paper examines the economics of for-profit and not-for-profit hospitals through the prism of capital acquisitions. The exercise suggests that of two hospitals that are equally efficient in producing health care, the for-profit hospital would have to charge higher prices than the not-for-profit hospital would, to break even on capital acquisitions.
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The Economic Profitability of IPO Underperformance*

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2004
This paper tests the economic profitability of a zero-investment trading strategy based on knowledge of IPO underperformance and on estimates of pre-IPO earnings management. This trading strategy is implemented by forming two-firm portfolios that take short positions in the IPOs and long positions in control firms matched by industry and market ...
William W. Stammerjohan, Yan Xiong
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The Role of Profits in Physiocratic Economics

History of Political Economy, 1985
Gianni Vaggi
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Managerial Economics of Non-Profit Organizations

2008
Overview of managerial economics of non-profit ...
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Inflation Adjusted Economic Profit

The Engineering Economist, 2003
Abstract In this paper, we measure economic profit in an inflationary environment. Inflation adjusted economic profit requires two principal alterations to Economic Value Added (EVA[rgrave]). First, because inflation increases the replacement cost of non-current assets above book value, one must make a downward adjustment to EVA[rgrave] to correctly ...
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Exergy and economics: Is exergy profitable?

Exergy, An International Journal, 2002
Abstract The author explains his views that the understanding we have developed of the relations between exergy and economics—and the tools that have correspondingly been created—are great successes, but that these areas need to be further developed and somewhat simplified to permit industry to apply them more widely and beneficially.
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Economic principle on profit in the fuzzy sense

Fuzzy Sets and Systems, 2001
The (crisp) economic principle on profit states that for a monopolist, the profit is maximal when the marginal revenue equals the marginal cost. This paper studies the analogous question for the case where demand and cost are linear or quadratic with fuzzy coefficients. The results are extensions of the crisp case, and the two settings are compared.
Jing-Shing Yao, San-Chyi Chang
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