Alfred Eichner
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Alfred Eichner was an influential American Post-Keynesian economist known for his work on oligopoly, pricing, and the role of large corporations in modern capitalist economies.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Alfred Eichner Context triple: [Post-Keynesian economics, developedBy, Alfred Eichner]
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Alfred Gunzenhauser
Alfred Gunzenhauser was a German art collector whose extensive collection of modern art became the foundation of the Museum Gunzenhauser in Chemnitz.
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Albert Eggler
Albert Eggler was a Swiss mountaineer and expedition leader best known for heading the successful 1956 Swiss expedition that achieved the first ascent of Lhotse and additional ascents of Mount Everest.
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Otto Reiniger
Otto Reiniger was a German landscape painter associated with the Stuttgart art scene in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Gustav Siegle
Gustav Siegle was a prominent 19th-century German industrialist and patron of the arts from Stuttgart.
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Alfred Dolge
Alfred Dolge was a 19th-century German-American industrialist and philanthropist known for developing the felt and piano parts industry in upstate New York and founding the community that became Dolgeville.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alfred Eichner Target entity description: Alfred Eichner was an influential American Post-Keynesian economist known for his work on oligopoly, pricing, and the role of large corporations in modern capitalist economies.
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A.
Alfred Gunzenhauser
Alfred Gunzenhauser was a German art collector whose extensive collection of modern art became the foundation of the Museum Gunzenhauser in Chemnitz.
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B.
Albert Eggler
Albert Eggler was a Swiss mountaineer and expedition leader best known for heading the successful 1956 Swiss expedition that achieved the first ascent of Lhotse and additional ascents of Mount Everest.
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C.
Otto Reiniger
Otto Reiniger was a German landscape painter associated with the Stuttgart art scene in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Gustav Siegle
Gustav Siegle was a prominent 19th-century German industrialist and patron of the arts from Stuttgart.
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E.
Alfred Dolge
Alfred Dolge was a 19th-century German-American industrialist and philanthropist known for developing the felt and piano parts industry in upstate New York and founding the community that became Dolgeville.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
economist
ⓘ
person ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | heterodox economics ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
Post-Keynesian theory of the firm
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development of Post-Keynesian pricing theory ⓘ macroeconomic models with oligopolistic firms ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Columbia University
ⓘ
Princeton University ⓘ |
| employer |
City University of New York
ⓘ
Queens College, City University of New York ⓘ Rutgers University ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Post-Keynesian economics
ⓘ
economics ⓘ industrial organization ⓘ macroeconomics ⓘ oligopoly theory ⓘ pricing theory ⓘ |
| influenced |
Post-Keynesian economists
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linked to:
Post-Keynesian economics
|
| influencedBy |
Joan Robinson
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John Maynard Keynes ⓘ Michal Kalecki ⓘ
linked to:
Michał Kalecki
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| knownFor |
Post-Keynesian theory of investment and pricing
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analysis of oligopoly and administered prices ⓘ theory of the megacorp ⓘ work on the role of large corporations in modern capitalism ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | Post-Keynesian economics ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Guide to Post-Keynesian Economics
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The Megacorp and Oligopoly ⓘ Toward a New Economics ⓘ |
| theoreticalApproach |
emphasis on administered prices set by large firms
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focus on investment decisions of oligopolistic firms ⓘ rejection of perfect competition as a realistic market structure ⓘ |
| viewOnEconomy | modern capitalism dominated by large corporations ⓘ |
| viewOnInvestment | investment driven by expected demand and mark-up pricing ⓘ |
| viewOnPrices | prices are administered rather than market-clearing ⓘ |
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