A Course in Public Economics (絕)
- 20本以上，享 8.5折
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- ISBN：9780521535670
- 作者：John Leach
- 版次：1
- 年份：2004
- 出版商：Cambridge University
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A Course in Public Economics explores the central questions of whether or not markets work, and if not, what is to be done about it. The first part of the textbook, designed for upper-level undergraduates and first-year graduate students, begins with an extended discussion of the two theorems of welfare economics. These theorems show that competitive markets can give rise to socially desirable outcomes, and describe the conditions under which they do so. The second part of the book discusses the kinds of market failure - externalities, public goods, imperfect competition and asymmetric information - that arise when these conditions are not met. The role of the government in resolving market failures is examined. The limits of government action, especially those arising from asymmetric information, are also investigated. A knowledge of intermediate microeconomics and basic calculus is assumed.
A Course in Public Economics explores the central questions of whether or not markets work, and if not, what is to be done about it. The first part of the textbook, designed for upper-level undergraduates and first-year graduate students, begins with an extended discussion of the two theorems of welfare economics. These theorems show that competitive markets can give rise to socially desirable outcomes, and describe the conditions under which they do so. The second part of the book discusses the kinds of market failure - externalities, public goods, imperfect competition and asymmetric information - that arise when these conditions are not met. The role of the government in resolving market failures is examined. The limits of government action, especially those arising from asymmetric information, are also investigated. A knowledge of intermediate microeconomics and basic calculus is assumed.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
Part I. Markets
2. The Exchange Economy
3. An Algebraic Exchange Economy
4.The Production Economy
5.Consumer and Producer Surplus
Part II. Externalities
6. Externalities and Negotiation;
7.Permit Trading
8.Renewable Common Property Resources
9.Co-ordination Failures
Part III. Public Goods
10. Pure Public Goods
11.Two Examples of Pure Public Goods
12.Impure Public Goods
13.The Link between Public Goods and Externalities
Part IV. Imperfect Competition
14. Monopoly
15.Pricing Rules under Imperfect Competition
Part V. Taxation and Efficiency
16. Taxation
17.The Welfare Cost of Tax Interactions
18.The Theory of the Second Best
Part VI. Asymmetric Information and Efficiency
19. Asymmetric Information
20.Preference Revelation
21.Regulation of a Natural Monopoly
22.Other Examples of Asymmetric Information
Part VII. Asymmetric Information and Income Redistribution
23. The Distribution of Income.
24.The Limits to Income Redistribution
25.Redistributing Income through Tagging and Targeting
26.The Role of Government in a Market Economy
1. Introduction
Part I. Markets
2. The Exchange Economy
3. An Algebraic Exchange Economy
4.The Production Economy
5.Consumer and Producer Surplus
Part II. Externalities
6. Externalities and Negotiation;
7.Permit Trading
8.Renewable Common Property Resources
9.Co-ordination Failures
Part III. Public Goods
10. Pure Public Goods
11.Two Examples of Pure Public Goods
12.Impure Public Goods
13.The Link between Public Goods and Externalities
Part IV. Imperfect Competition
14. Monopoly
15.Pricing Rules under Imperfect Competition
Part V. Taxation and Efficiency
16. Taxation
17.The Welfare Cost of Tax Interactions
18.The Theory of the Second Best
Part VI. Asymmetric Information and Efficiency
19. Asymmetric Information
20.Preference Revelation
21.Regulation of a Natural Monopoly
22.Other Examples of Asymmetric Information
Part VII. Asymmetric Information and Income Redistribution
23. The Distribution of Income.
24.The Limits to Income Redistribution
25.Redistributing Income through Tagging and Targeting
26.The Role of Government in a Market Economy
John Leach is Professor of Economics at McMaster University, Ontrario, Canada, He has published articles in leading refereed journals such as the Journal of Political Economy, the Journal of Economic Theory, the Journalof Public Economics, the International Economic Review, the Canadian Journal of Economics, the Journal of Labor Economics, Canadian Public Policy, and the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control. Professor Leach's curreresearch focuses on tax competition between regions seeking to attract firms by setting favorable rates.
