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Welfare and Efficiency in Public Economics (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988) Loot Price: R2,934
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Welfare and Efficiency in Public Economics (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988): Dieter Boes, Manfred...

Welfare and Efficiency in Public Economics (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988)

Dieter Boes, Manfred Rose, Christian Seidl

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Hans-Werner Sinn, Munich, West Germany This book contains 15 papers presented at a conference in Neresheim, West Ger many, in June 1986. The articles were selected by anonymous referees and most of them have undergone substantial revisions since their presentation. The common topic is measurement of welfare, both from efficiency and from equity perspectives. For many economists, welfare is a diffuse, arbitrary and am biguous concept. The papers collected in this book show that this view is not justified. Though not beyond all doubt, welfare theory today is crisp and clear, offering fairly straightforward measuring concepts. It even comes up with numbers that measure society's advantage or disadvantage from specific policy options in monetary units. Politicians get something they can intuitively understand and argue with, and they do not have to be afraid that all this is metaphysics or the result of the scientist's personal value judgements. Some economists, whom I would classify as belonging to the "everything is optimal" school, would claim that providing politicians with numerical welfare measures is superfluous or even dangerous. The world is as it is, and any attempt to give policy advice can only make things worse. I do not share this view. There are good policies and there are bad ones, but it may not be easy to distinguish between them. There is a role for consulting politicians, Dr."

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Imprint: Springer-Verlag
Country of origin: Germany
Release date: December 2011
First published: 1988
Editors: Dieter Boes • Manfred Rose • Christian Seidl
Dimensions: 244 x 170 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 424
Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988
ISBN-13: 978-3-642-73372-7
Categories: Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Economic theory & philosophy
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LSN: 3-642-73372-7
Barcode: 9783642733727

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