This paper re-examines P. Sraffa's 'References to the literature' in Appendix D of Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1960) on precursors of the joint production method in the treatment of fixed capital. It is shown that Moseley's view,...

The paper documents the gestation of the General Index to Piero Sraffa's edition of The Works and Correspondence of David Ricardo. The available documents suggest that Sraffa made every effort to bring the editorial task he had been entrusted with to completion without sacrificing his standards...

The paper examines the contributions of Myrdal, Lindahl, Hicks and Hayek that initiated the transition from the traditional long-period method to the methods of 'intertemporal' and 'temporary equilibria' in neoclassical general equilibrium analyses. It is shown that in the early contributions...