Kurbet O. Formation and evolution of theoretical and methodological foundations of Kiev School of Political Economy (second half of XIX - beginning of XX century)

The thesis reveals the phenomenon of emergence and development of Kyiv School of political economy as a community of economists with common philosophical, cultural and moral positions. The main features of this school as a scientific one are determined in the thesis. The author examined evolution of the scientific views of Kiev economists on one of the key problems of political economy - the theory of value, in development of which they were close to its interpretation as a neoclassical economic theory. The author revealed the views of scientists on the state regulation as a factor of economic development based on market principles, particularly regarding custom and tax policies of the government, issues of the development of infrastructure and railways as one of the most advanced lines of communication of the studied period, antitrust and factory legislation and so on. The contribution of the representatives of Kyiv School of political economy in economic science and practice second half of XIX - beginning of XX century, particularly regarding its influence on the formation of a social trend and the emergence of institutional approaches of economic research in Ukrainian economic thought was revealed. It was found out that the Kyiv School of political economy has become a powerful center of the formation of scientific ideas that formed the basis of modern economic research.