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An introduction to modern welfare economics /

This is the first book in welfare economics to be primarily intended for undergraduates and non-specialists. Concepts such as Pareto optimality in a market economy, the compensation criterion, and the social welfare function are explored in detail. Market failures are analysed by using different way...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Johansson, Per-Olov, 1949-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1991.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Pareto optimality in a market economy
  • The compensation principle and the social welfare function
  • Measuring welfare changes
  • Market failures, causes and welfare consequences
  • Public choice
  • A "smorgasbord" of further topics
  • How to overcome the problem of preference revelation: practical methodologies
  • Cost-benefit analysis
  • The treatment of risk.