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Alternative Models to Profit Maximisation

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Theory of the Firm

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Aside from doubts about whether firms have the information to maximise profits, there has been widespread uncertainty as to whether they would want to maximise profits even if they could.

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Hawkins, C.J. (1973). Alternative Models to Profit Maximisation. In: Theory of the Firm. Macmillan Studies in Economics. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-01060-8_5

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