Economic Efficiency and Social Welfare (Routledge Revivals) : Selected Essays on Fundamental Aspects of the Economic Theory of Social Welfare

First published in 1981, Professor Mishan's Economic Efficiency and Social Welfare: Selected Essays on Fundamental Aspects of the Economic Theory of Social Welfare is a collection of 22 pioneering essays written while the author was teaching at the London School of Economics and chosen to indicate landmarks in the development of his own thought. Professor Mishan, who also enjoys an international reputation as a popular writer on the impact of modern economic growth on social welfare, is among the foremost authorities in the field of resource allocation, and his influence in his sub

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Mishan, E. J.
Publisher:	Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
Subject:	Wohlfahrtsökonomik \| Welfare economics \| Effizienz \| Efficiency \| Wirtschaftstheorie \| Economic theory

Extent:	Online-Ressource (290 p)
Series:	Routledge Revivals Routledge Revivals Ser.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; PART ONE ECONOMIC CRITERIA; Comparative Statics; 1 A Reappraisal of the Principles of Resource Allocation; 2 Second Thoughts on Second Best; 3 The Recent Debate on Welfare Criteria; 4 Welfare Criteria: Resolution of a Paradox; Dynamics; 5 Economic Criteria for Intergenerational Comparisons; PART TWO ECONOMIC RENT OR SURPLUS; 6 The Plain Truth About Consumer Surplus; 7 Rent as a Measure of Welfare Change; 8 What Is Producer's Surplus?; PART THREE EXTERNALITIES; 9 Evaluation of Life and Limb: A Theoretical Approach 10 Interpretation of the Benefits of Private Transport11 Pareto Optimality and the Law; 12 What Is the Optimal Level of Pollution?; 13 The Postwar Literature on Externalities: An Interpretative Essay; PART FOUR PROJECT EVALUATION; Methodology; 14 Flexibility and Consistency in Project Evaluation; 15 The Use of Compensating and Equivalent Variations in Cost-Benefit Analysis; 16 The Nature of Economic Expertis Reconsidered; Investment Criteria; 17 The Use of DPV in Public Investment Criteria: A Critique; 18 The Difficulty in Evaluating Long-lived Projects PART FIVE REFLECTIONS ON ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY AND SOCIAL WELFARE19 What Is Wrong With Roskill?; 20 The Folklore of the Market: An Inquiry into the Economic Doctrines of the Chicago School; 21 Do Economic Evaluations of Allocative Changes Have Any Validity in the West Today?; 22 Whatever Happened to Progress?; Acknowledgements; Index
ISBN:	978-0-415-68235-0 ; 978-1-136-62955-6 ; 978-0-415-68235-0
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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