AuthorLeach, John, 1952-
TitleA course in public economics / John Leach
Imprint Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, c2004
Descript xx, 413 p. : ill. ; 26 cm

CONTENT

Markets: Exchange economy ; Algebraic exchange economy ; Production economy ; Consumer and producer surplus -- Externalities: Externalities and negotiation ; Permit trading ; Renewable common property resources ; Co-ordination failures -- Public goods: Pure public goods ; Two examples of pure public goods ; Impure public goods ; Link between public goods and externalities -- Imperfect competition: Monopoly ; Pricing rules under imperfact competition -- Taxation and efficiency: Taxation ; Welfare cost of tax interactions ; Theory of the second best -- Asymmetric information and efficiency: Asymmetric information ; Preference revelation ; Regulation of a natural monopoly ; Other examples of asymmetric information -- Asymmetric information and income redistribution: The Distribution of income ; Limits to income redistribution ; Redistributing income through tagging and targeting ; Role of government in a market economy


SUBJECT

  1. Economics
  2. Economics -- Mathematical models
  3. Economics -- Problems
  4. exercises
  5. etc
  6. Economic policy
  7. Capitalism
  8. Public goods

LOCATIONCALL#STATUS
Central Library (5th Floor)330 L434C CHECK SHELVES
Economics LibraryHB171.5 L42 2004 CHECK SHELVES