Gerald Shove

Gerald Frank Shove (1887 - 1947) was a British economist.

He was educated at Uppingham School and King's College, Cambridge (MA, 1910), where he also worked his entire career. He was an orthodox defender of Alfred Marshall against what he perceived as the theoretical assaults of John Maynard Keynes and Piero Sraffa. His teaching, and his small number of articles, were inspired by a desire to make a useful contribution to thinking in a wider political and ethical sphere. His chief contribution was towards the restatement of the theories of value and distribution.

He married Fredegond Maitland, daughter of historian Frederic William Maitland and his wife Florence Henrietta Fisher.

Most important publications

*"Varying Costs and Marginal Net Profits","EJ", 1928.
*"The Representative Firm and Increasing Returns","EJ", 1930.
*"The Place of Marshall's "Principles" in the Development of Economic Theory","EJ", 1942.
*"Mrs Robinson on Marxian Economics", "EJ", 1944.

econdary source

*Blaug, Mark - "Who's who in Economics, 3d ed. (1999)