Abstract:The author explores the ground common to the theories of electrical networks and economic networks by generalizing the notion of a Kirchhoff network of multiterminal elements to that of a Leontieff network of multiterminal elements. In this context the author introduces Le Chatelier's principle and proves a converse t o it, derives a generalization of Tellegen's theorem, and discusses the inheritance by a composite element of the properties of its constituent elements. Two types of maximizing firms are then tr… Show more
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