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Publication List

A. Institutional Economics
B. Social Costs and Environmental Disruption
C. Developmental Economics
D. History of Economic Thought, Education and Teaching in Economics
E. Planning and others
F. Kapp’s Book Reviews
G. Bookreviews of Kapp’s Books

A. Institutional Economics

1943 Rational Human Conduct and Modern Industrial Society. The Southern Economic Journal X(2): 136—150 (Spanish Translation in: Instituto de Filosofia, Historia y Sociologia de L’Economia, Colleción Investigaciones, Universidad Nacional de la Plata, Argentina, 1962).

1950b Political Economy and Psychology: The Survival of Hedonism and the Research Tasks of the Future. Kyklos IV(4): 291—315; also in: Kapp (1985: 21—46) (Spanish Translation 1962; Japanese in: Kapp 1981).

1954 Economics and Behavioral Sciences. Kyklos VII(3): 205—225; also in: Kapp (1985) (Spanish Translation 1962; Japanese in: Kapp 1981).

1957 Approaches to the Integration of Social Inquiry: A Critical Evaluation, Kyklos X(4): 373—400, also in: Kapp (1985: 47—72) (Spanish Translation 1962; Japanese in: Kapp 1981).

1961a Towards a Science of Man in Society. A Positive Approach to the Integration of Social Knowledge. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 229 p. (2nd edition 1968). (German translation: Erneuerung der Sozialwissenschaften. Ein Versuch zur Integration und Humanisierung. Frankfurt a. M.: Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, 1983; Greek translation).

1967a Zum Problem der Enthumanisierung der Reinen Theorie und der gesellschaftlichen Realität, Kyklos XX (1): 307—330; reprinted in: Kapp und Vilmar (Hrsg.) 1972a

1972a: 62—78 sowie in: Christian Leipert (Hrsg.), Konzepte einer humanen Wirtschaftslehre. Beiträge zur institutionellen Ökonomie und zur Integration der Sozialwissenschaften Frankfurt a. M.: Haag & Herchen, 1982, pp. 73—102 (English Translation in: Kapp 1985: 73—98; Japanese in: Kapp 1981).

1968a Nationalökonomie und rationaler Humanismus. Kyklos XXI( 1): 1—25; also in: Christian Leipert (Hrsg.), Konzepte einer humanen Wirtschaftslehre. Beitrage zur institutionellen Ökonomie und zur Integration der Sozialwissenschaften. Frankfurt a. M.: Haag & Herchen, 1982, pp. 103—132 (English Translation in: Kapp 1985: 99—120).

1968b In Defense of Institutional Economics, Swedish Journal of Economics LXX(l): 1—18; also in: Kapp (l974a) (German translation in: Kapp 1986).

1975a In Defense of Institutionalism: A Further Elaboration. Symposium on Economics and Sociology; Towards an Integration, Groningen, September 1975; also published as The Nature and Significance of Institutional Economics. Kyklos XXIX(2): 209—232; also in: Kapp (1985: 121—142).

1976d Economics in the Future: The Open System Character of the Economy and its Implications. In: Kurt Dopfer (Ed.), Economics in the Future: Towards a New Paradigm. London: MacMillan, pp. 90—105; also in: Kapp (1985: 143—161) (German translation in: Kapp 1987).

1981 Integration und Humanisierung der Sozialwissenschaften. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten (Japanese).

1985 The Humanization of the Social Sciences. Published by John E. Ullmann & Roy Preiswerk. Lanhan: University Press of America.

1987 Für eine ökosoziale Ökonomie — Entwürfe und Ideen. Published by Christian Leipert und Rolf Steppacher. Frankfurt a. M.: Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag.


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B. Social Costs and Environmental Disruption


1950a The Social Costs of Private Enterprise. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 287 p; Paperback Edition published by Schocken Books, New York, 1971; new introduction pp. VII—XXVI, 287 p. (German translation: Volkswirtschaftliche Kosten der Privatwirtschaft Tübingen/Zürich: J.C.B. Mohr/Polygraphischer Verlag, 1958; Japanese 1959; Polish 1960; Italian 1971).

1963a Social Costs of Business Enterprise. Second enlarged edition of 1950a. Bombay/London: Asia Publishing House, 311 p. Enlarged edition Nottingham: Spokesman, 1977. (German translation: Soziale Kosten der Marktwirtschaft. Frankfurt a. M.: Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, fischer-alternativ Bd. 4019, 264 p.; Spanish Translation 1966; French translation 1976).

1956 Sozialkosten. Handwörterbuch der Sozialwissenschaften. Gottingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, pp. 524—527.

1963b Social Costs and Social Benefits—A Contribution to Normative Economics: In E. v. Beckerath & H. Giersch (Hrsg.), Probleme der normativen Ökonomik und der wirtschaftspolitischen Beratung. Verein für Sozialpolitik Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 183—210; also in: Kapp (1963c) (German in: Kapp 1987).

1969 On the Nature and Significance of Social Costs. Kyklos XXII(2): 334—347 (German in: Kapp 1987).

1970a Environmental Disruption: General Issues and Methodological Problems Social Science Information 9(4): 15—32; also in: Kapp (1974a: 57—75) with the title: Environmental Disruption: Challenge to Social Science; also in: Kapp (1983:39-56) (German in: Kapp 1987).


1970b Environmental Disruption and Social Costs: A Challenge to Economics Gedenkschrift für Jacques Stohler. Kyklos XXIII (4): 833—848; printed in Kapp (1974a: 77—88); also in: International Social Science Council, Political Economy of Environment: Problems of Method Paris/The Hague: Mouton, 1972 (German in: Manfred Glagow (ed), Umweltgefährdung und Gesellschaftssystem München: Piper Sozialwissenschaft Bd. 15, pp. 25—37; Polish translation 1975).

1971 Umweltgefährdung, Nationalökonomie und Forstwirtschaft. Forstarchiv 41(8/9): 153—159; also in: Jahresbericht des Baden-Württembergischen Forstwesens, Donaueschingen, 1971, pp. 24—36 (English in: Kapp 1983: 71—88).

1972a Sozialisierung der Verluste. Edited with F. Vilmar. München: Hanser Verlag, 243 p.

1972b Umweltgefährdung als ökonomisches und wirtschaftspolitisches Problem. Schweizerische Zeitschrjft für Forstwesen 123(4): 211—222; published with title: Zur Theorie der Sozialkosten und der Umweltkrise in: Kapp und Vilmar (eds) (1972a) (English in: Kapp 1983:57—70).

1972c Umweltkrise und Nationalökonomie. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Volkswirtschaft und Statistik 108(3): 231—249; also in: Volkswirtschaftliche Korrespondenz der Adolf Weber Stiftung (Frankfurt a. M.) 12(8) 1973, Schweizerische Monatshefte 52(9): 657—668, and Horst Siebert (Hrsg.), Umwelt und wirtschaftliche Entwicklung. Wege der Forschung. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1977 (English translation (shortened) in: Kapp 1974a: 170—175).

1972d Social Costs, Neo-Classical Economics, Environmental Planning: A Reply. Social Science Information 11(1): 17—28; also in: Kapp (1974a: 89—100), also in: International Social Science Council, Political Economy of Environment: Problems of Method. Paris/The Hague: Mouton (Polish Translation 1975; German in: Kapp 1987).

1972e The Implementation of Environmental Policies. In: Development and Environment. Report and working papers of a panel of experts convened by the Secretary General of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment. Founex, Switzerland, June 4—12, 1971. Paris/The Hague: Mouton, pp. 67—94; also in: Kapp (1974a: 101—126), also in: Kapp (1983: 111—142) (shortened) in: Kapp 1972a; Polish Translation 1975).

1973a Ökonomie der Umweltgefährdung und des Umweltschutzes. In: Aufgabe der Zukunft: Qualität des Lebens. Internationale Arbeitstagung. Industriegewerkschaft Metall, Oberhausen 1972. Frankfurt a. M.: Europäische Verlagsanstalt, Bd:.4, S. 11—36; shortened version in: Kapp (1974a: 139—148) (English Translation: Environmental Disruption and Protection, in: Socialism and the Environment. Nottingham: Spokesman Books, Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation, pp. 13—24).

1973b Volkswirtschaftliche Kosten des Umweltschutzes. Diskussionsbeitrag zum Symposium: Das Umweltproblem in ökonomischer Sicht, Institut für Weltwirtschaft, Universität Kiel. Frankfurt a. M.: Europäische Verlagsanstalt, pp. 116—124.

1973c Les indicateurs d’environnement: origines, fonctions et significations a long terme. Environment and Social Sciences 3. Paris/La Hague: Mouton, pp. 97—112. (altered English translation in: Kapp 1974a: 127—138 with title: Environmental Indicators as Indicators of Social Use Values; German Translation in: Kapp 1987).

1974a Environmental Policies and Development Planning in Contemporary China and Other Essays, Paris/The Hague: Mouton.

1974b Recycling in Contemporary China. Kyklos XXVII(2): 286—303, also in World Development 111(7/B): 563—573 (1975) and in: Kapp (1983: 89—98) (German translation in: Recycling: Lösung der Umweltkrise? Magazin Brennpunkte V(2). Stuttgart/Zürich: DVA/Ex Libris, 5. 107—118, and in: Holger Strohm (ed.), Umweltschutz in der VR China. Hamburg: Verlag Association, 1978).

1974c Energy and Environment: Inadequacy of Present Science and Technology Policies. Paper presented at the Symposium on Energy, Environment and Society, Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, St. Bréau-Sans Nappe, November 12—15.

1975b Social and Economic Effects of Low and High Employment. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences 418: 60-71; also in: Kapp (1983: 99-110) (German translation in: Was brauchen wir zum Überleben? Magazin Brennpunkte VI (6). Stuttgart/Zürich: DVA/Ex Libris, S. 83—97, also in: Kapp 1987).

1976a Staatliche Förderung umweltfreundlicher Technologien (mit Hans Baumann und Peter Wachtl). Kommission für wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Wandel 74. Göttingen: Otto Schwarz, 238 p. (English in: Kapp 1983: 143—207).

1976b Environment and Technology: New Frontiers for the Social and Natural Sciences. International Congress of Scientists on the Human Environment, Kyoto, November 16—26, 1975. Published in the Proceedings of the Congress, 1976; also in: Journal of Economic Issues XI(3): 527—540 (September 1977) (German translation with title: Die Umweltfrage als soziale Herausforderung. Magazin Brennpunkte VIII(2). Frankfurt a. M.: Fischer Taschenbuch, 1977, 5. Il 1—128; Japanese in: Kapp 1981).

1976c Environmental Disruption and Social Costs. A Collection of Essays. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten Publishing House (Japanese).

1983 Social Costs, Economic Development and Environmental Disruption. Edited and with an introduction by John E. Ullmann. Lanham: University Press of America.


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C. Development Economics


1959a River Valley Development Projects: Problems of Evaluation and Social Costs. Kyklos XII(4): 589—604; also in: Kapp (1963c).

1959b River Valley Projects in India: Their Direct Benefits. Economic Development and Cultural Change VII(1): 24—47; also in: Kapp (1963c).

1960 Economic Development, National Planning and Public Administration. Kykios XIII (2): 172—204; also in: Kapp (1963c) (German translation in: Bruno Fritsch (ed), Entwicklungsländer. Köln: Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 1968, pp. 197—223).

1961 The Transition from a Bullock to a Tractor Economy in India: Some Indirect Effects and Benefits (with P. N. Mathur). Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv 87: 333—350, also in: Kapp (1963c).

1962 Friedrich List’s Contribution to the Theory of Economic Development. The Political Science Review (University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India) 1(1): 17—22; also in: Kapp (1963c) (Japanese translation in: Kapp 1981).

1963c Hindu Culture, Economic Development and Economic Planning in India. Bombay/London: Asia Publishing House, 220 p.

1965a Economic Development in a New Perspective: Existential Minima and Substantive Rationality. Kyklos XVII (1): 49—79 (German translation of parts in: Kapp 1987).

1965b Social Costs in Economic Development. In: G. P. Sicat et al. (Eds.), Economics and Development: An Introduction. Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press, pp. 1—48; also in: Kapp 1983: 1—38.

1965c Social Economics and Social Welfare Minima. In: T.K.N. Unnithan et al. (Eds.), Towards a Sociology of Culture in India, Essays in Honor of Dr. D. P. Mukerji. New Delhi: Prentice Hall of India, pp. 197-309 (Spanish translation 1973; German in: Kapp 1987).

1967b A Systems Approach to Economic Development. Paper presented at the International Conference of the Association for Comparative Economics, Villa Serbelloni, Bellagio, September 3—9.

1973d Entwicklungspolitik in neuer Perspektive: Bemerkungen zu Gunnar Myrdals‚ Politisches Manifest über die Armut in der Welt’. Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik 18(3): 1—12 (Japanese translation in: Kapp 1981).

1974a Environmental Policies and Development Planning in Contemporary China and Other Essays. Paris/The Hague: Mouton, 175 p.

1974b Recycling in Contemporary China. Kyklos XXVII(2): 286—303, also in: World Development 111(7/8): 563—573 (1975) and in: Kapp (1983: 89—98) (German translation in: Recycling: Lösung der Umweltkrise? Magazin Brennpunkte V(2). Stuttgart/Zurich: DVA/Ex Libris, S. 107—118, also in: Holger Strohm (Hrsg.), Umweltschutz in der VR China. Hamburg: Verlag Association, 1978).

1975c Neue Wege für Bangladesh. Sozio-ökonomische Analyse der Entwicklungsaufgaben und -möglichkeiten des neuen Staates. Mit Luc Bigler, Brigitte Janik und Peter Wirth. Hamburg: Mitteilungen des Instituts für Asienkunde 63, 223 p.

1976e Development and Environment: Towards a New Approach to Socioeconomic and Environmental Development. Paper read at the Inter- University Center of Post-Graduate Development, Dubrovnik, April 1976; published in: Rolf Steppacher, Brigitte Zogg-Walz und Hermann Hatzfeldt (eds.), Economics in Institutional Perspective, Memorial Essays in Honor of K. William Kapp. Lexington, Mass.: Lexington Books (Heath & Co.), pp. 205—218 (German translation in: Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte 7: 19—28 (1978); Japanese Translation: Kapp 1981).


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D. History of Economic Thought, Education and Teaching in Economics


1946a Introduction to Contemporary Civilization in the West. A Source Book. Co-editor. New York: Columbia University Press, vol. 1, 1100 p.; vol.2, 1188 p.

1946b Teaching of Economics: A New Approach. The Southern Economic Journal XII: 376—383.

1947a Methods of Visual Presentation and the Teaching of Economics. American Economic Review XXXVII (4): 652—654.

1947b Wiechert als Erzieher, in: Bekenntnis zu Ernst Wiechert. München: Kurt Desch, pp. 12—23.

1948a The Future of German Education, Journal of Higher Education XIX(8): 394—397.

1948b Deutsche Erziehungsreform in amerikanischer Perspektive. Neues Europa, pp. 26—31.

1949 Readings in Economics (mit Lore L. Kapp). New York: Barnes & Noble 444 p. (revised edition with title: History of Economic Thought — A Book of Readings. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1956; paperback 1966).

1950d Workshop Techniques in an Economics Course. Journal of Higher Education XXI: pp. 206-2 10.

1951 A Graphic Approach to Economics — Selected Principles and Problems (with Lore L. Kapp) New York: Henry & Co., 174 p. (Revised Edition 1954).

1962 Friedrich List’s Contribution to the Theory of Economic Development. The Political Science Review (University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India) 1(1): 17—22; also in: Kapp 1963c (Japanese Translation in: Kapp 1981). 


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E. Planning and others


1936 Planwirtschaft und Aussenhandel. Genf: Georg & Cie., 140 p.

1937 Memorandum on the Efforts Made by the League of Nations Towards a Solution of the Problems of Raw Materials. Submitted to the Tenth Session of the International Studies Conference of the International Institute of Intellectual Co-operation, Geneva Research Center, 147 p.

1939 Economic Regulation and Economic Planning: A Theoretical Classification of Different Types of Economic Control. American Economic Review XXIX: 760—773; reprinted in: H. B. Summers and R. E. Summers, Increasing Federal Power. New York: H. W. Wilson, 1940, pp. 143—161.

1941a The Breakdown of Inter-allied Economic Collaboration (with H. B. Brodie). In: United States Cooperation with British Nations. Washington, D.C.: National Planning Association, Planning Pamphlets 6: 39—51.

1941b The League of Nations and Raw Materials, 1919—1939. Geneva Studies (Geneva Research Center) XII (3), 64 p.

1942 Postwar Problems of Industrial Demobilization. In: E. Stein and J. Backman (Eds.), War Economics. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, pp. 417—443.

1950c Economic Planning and Freedom. Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv 64: 29—54; also in: Kapp (1963c) (German in: Kapp 1987).

1953 Eucken’s  Posthumous Work on Economic Policy. A review note on Grundsätze der Wirtschaftspolitik, Kyklos, No. 2, Band 6.


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F. Kapp’s Book Reviews


“Marxism and the Democratic Tradition”, by A. Landy, The American Economic Review, Vol. 37, No. 1 (Mar., 1947), pp 203-206.


“International Trade: Tariff and Commercial Policies”, by Asher Isaacs, The American Economic Review, Vol. 38, No. 4 (Sep., 1948), pp 691-693.


“General Education in the Social Studies”, by Albert William Levi, The American Economic Review, Vol. 39, No. 5 (Sep., 1949), pp 995-997.


“The Concept of Ethics in the History of Economics”, by Joseph F. Flubacher; and “Economic Ideas: A Study of Historical Perspectives” by Ferdinand Zweig (1951), The American Economic Review, Vol. 41, No. 5 (Dec. 1951), pp. 947-949.


“Has Market Capitalism Collapsed?”, by Allen Morris Sievers (1950), The American Economic Review, Vol. 40, No. 5 (Dec., 1950), pp. 936-938.


“Histoire des Theorie Economique”, by Emile James (1952), The American Economic Review, Vol. 42, No. 3 (Jun., 1952), pp. 404-406.


"Einführung in die Theorie der Zentralverwaltungswirtschaft“, by K. Paul Hensel, The American Economic Review, Vol. 45, No. 4 (Sep., 1955), pp 682-685.    


"Etudes Economie Humaniste – moyen age et capitalism mercantiliste; and Nouvelle Etudes d’Economie Humaniste – le capitalism du 1914 a 1957, by Etienne Antonelli, The American Economic Review, Vol. 50, No. 1 (Mar. 1960), pp. 205-207. 

"Overhead Capital: A Study in Development Economics", by A. J. Youngson, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 378, The Changing American People: Are We Deteriorating or Improving? (Jul., 1968), pp. 204-205.

"Economic Ideas: A Study of Historical Perspectives", by Ferdinand Zweig, The American Economic Review, Vol. 41, No. 5 (Dec., 1951), pp. 947-949.

" Die Konjunkturschwankungen: Theoretische Gunglagen der Wirtschaftspolitik, Ed. II" by Walter Adolf Jöhr, American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Vol. 12, No. 4 (Jul., 1953), pp. 425-428.


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G. Bookreviews of Kapp’s Books


“Planwirtschaft und Aussenhandel” (1936):
W.L. Webster, in: International Affairs (Royal Institute of International Affairs 1931-1939), Vol. 16, No. 3 (May-Jun., 1937), p. 457.
Gerhard Colm, in: The Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 46, No. 2 (Apr., 1938), pp. 275-276.


“Readings in Economics” (1949):
Dudley Dillard, in: The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 10, No. 2 (Nov., 1950), pp. 252-253.
Allan G. Gruchy, in: The American Economic Review, Vol. 41, No. 1 (Mar., 1951), p. 208.

Ewing P. Shahan, in:  Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 17, No. 3 (Jan., 1951), pp. 343-344.


“The Social Costs of Private Enterprise” (1950):
R.B. Heflebower, in: The Journal of Business of the University of Chicago, Vol. 24, No. 3 (Jul.,1951), pp. 232-233.
Robert A. Brady, in: The American Economic Review, Vol. 41, No. 3 (Jun., 1951), pp. 435-437.
A.D. Scott, in: The Economic Journal, Vol. 61, No. 241 (Mar 1951), pp. 142-144.  

F. Knight, in: Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 273, Medical Care for Americans (Jan 1951), pp. 233-234.

Emile James, in: Revue économique, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Mar., 1952), pp. 293-294.


“A Graphic Approach To Economics” (1951):
Meno Lovenstein, in: Educational Research Bulletin, Vol. 32, No. 3 (Mar. 11, 1953), pp. 80-81.


“Towards a Science of Man in Society” (1961):
John Rex, in: The British Journal of Sociology, Vol. 13, No. 1 (Mar., 1962), p. 78.
Leon J. Goldstein, in: Philosophy of Science, Vol. 30, No. 2 (Apr., 1963), pp. 198-200.


“Hindu Culture, Economic Development and Economic Planning in India – A Collection of Essays” (1963):
Bert F. Hoselitz, in: The Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 23, No. 2 (Feb., 1964), pp. 329-330.
John H. Badgley, in: The Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 73, No. 4 (Aug., 1965), pp. 416-417.
J.J. Mangalam, in: the American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 71, No. 4 (Jan. 1966), pp. 464-465.
Santosh Kumar Nandy, in: American Anthropologist, New Series, Vol. 70, No. 1 (Feb., 1968), pp. 142-143.

M.S. Gore, in: Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 352, Urban Revival: Goals and Standards (Mar., 1964), pp. 205-206.


“Social Economics and Social Welfare Minima” in: “Toward a Sociology of Culture in India: Essays in Honor of Professor D. P. Mukerji” (1965):
Richard D. Lambert, in: American Sociological Review, Vol. 31, No. 6 (Dec. 1966), pp. 886-888.


“K. William Kapp. The Humanization of the Social Sciences” (1985):
Harold Wolozin, in: Journal of Economic Issues, Vol. 22, No. 1, (1988), pp. 281-286.

Les coûts sociaux dans l'économie de marché:

Henri-F. Henner, in: Revue économique, Vol. 27, No. 4 (Jul., 1976), p. 743.


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