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Public enterprise economics : theory and application /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; New York :
North-Holland,
1989.
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| Edición: | Second revised edition. |
| Colección: | Advanced textbooks in economics ;
v. 23. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Public Enterprise Economics: Theory and Application; Copyright Page; INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES; PREFACE; TECHNICAL NOTE; Table of Contents; CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION; 1.1 NORMATIVE AND POSITIVE THEORY; 1.2 THE PUBLIC ENTERPRISE; 1.3 NATIONALIZATION OF ENTERPRISES; 1.4 PRIVATIZATION: A SWELLING TIDE?; 1.5 SOCIALIZATION OF COMMODITIES; 1.6 OPTIMAL QUALITIES; 1.7 OPTIMAL PRICE SCHEDULES; PART ONE: THE BASIC MODEL; CHAPTER 2. ESSENTIAL PARTS OF PUBLIC SECTOR PRICING MODELS; 2.1 OBJECTIVES I: NORMATIVE THEORY; 2.2 OBJECTIVES II: POSITIVE THEORY; 2.3 CONSTRAINTS I: MARKETS.
- 2.4 constraints ii: production2.5 constraints iii: finance; chapter 3. normative optimum theory; 3.1 the actors and their instruments; 3.2 solving the model; 3.3 the conditions for optimal prices and quantities; 3.4 compensating for income effects; 3.5 the conditions for optimal quality; chapter 4. positive optimum theory; chapter 5. normative piecemeal theory; 5.1 on the difference between optimum and piecemeal policies; 5.2 welfare improvements with non-tight constraints; 5.3 welfare improvements with tight technology constraint; 5.4 on welfare -improving increases of public inefficiency.
- 5.5 piecemeal policy recommendations:general rules for some special caseschapter 6. positive piecemeal theory; 6.1 improvements with tight and non-tightconstraints; 6.2 the trade-off between efficiency and market equilibrium; part two: public pricing policies forwelfare maximization; a: basic rules; chapter 7. marginal-cost pricing; 7.1 optimum policy; 7.2 regulating marginal-cost prices; 7.3 consequences for allocation, distribution, and stabilization; 7.4 piecemeal policy; chapter 8. ramsey pricing; 8.1 optimum ramsey policy; 8.2. regulating ramsey prices.
- 8.3 influence of ramsey prices on allocation, distribution, and stabilization8.4 a piecemeal-policy interpretation of theramsey optimum; chapter 9. rate of return regulation; 9.1 an intuitive introduction; 9.2 a more rigorous treatment; 9.3 welfare versus profit maximization:the averch-johnson effect; chapter 10. pricing with distributional aims; 10.1 prices versus taxes; 10.2 feldstein pricing; 10.3 comparing distributional and allocative pricing; b: interdependences with the private economy; chapter 11. adjustment to monopolistic pricing in the private sector.
- 11.1 the second-best issue: adjustment to, versus interference in, the private economy11.2 a model for public prices in an imperfect market economy; 11.3 a duopoly model for public prices; chapter 12. adjustment to rationed markets; 12.1 rationed labor market; 12.2 capacity limits of public transportation; c: time-dependent pricing; chapter 13. pricing through time and adjustment clauses; chapter 14 peak-load pricing; 14.1 setting the problem; 14.2 a model with excess demand and rationing; d: public pricing when quality matters; chapter 15. different approaches towards optimalquality.