TY - BOOK AU - Buenstorf,Guido TI - The economics of energy and the production process: an evolutionary approach SN - 184376461X AV - HD9502.A2 B84 2004 U1 - 333.79 PY - 2004/// CY - Cheltenham, UK, Northampton, MA PB - Edward Elgar KW - Energy policy KW - Economic policy KW - Power resources N1 - Series editor (New horizons in institutional and evolutionary economics): Geoffrey M. Hodgson; Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-193) and index N2 - The book attempts to break new ground in the theory of production. Turning away from the ever more abstract - and theoretically empty - production function approach, the author shows how changing physical constraints in the utilisation of energy systematically affect production processes in the economy. With his analysis the author challenges the value based approach to production. He outlines the contours of a richer theory, which is capable of accounting for physical and technological aspects without losing sight of their economic implications ER -