Markets and welfare

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Markets and welfare

edited by Kenneth J. Arrow

（Issues in contemporary economics : proceedings of the Ninth World Congress of the International Economic Association, Athens, Greece, v. 1）（International Economic Association conference volume, 98）

Macmillan in association with the International Economic Association, 1991

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Proceeding of the ninth world congress of the International Economic Association, Athens, Greece

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This book, with an overview introduction by Kenneth J.Arrow, is the first volume of the proceedings of the World Economic Congress held in Athens, Greece, in August/September 1989 under the auspices of the International Economic Association. It contains in Part 1 lectures from the plenary session by distinguished world economists. Part 2 contains surveys and reflections on various aspects of markets in equilibrium. Part 3 is concerned with normative criteria for economic policy within the framework of welfare and social choice theory.

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • A.Sen - The International Economic Association - Acknowledgements - IEA Programme Committee - List of Contributors and Section Leaders - Abbreviations and Acronyms - Introduction
  • K.J.Arrow - PART 1: THE PLENARY PAPERS - Presidential Address: The Nature of Inequality
  • A.Sen - Basic Income Schemes and the Lessons from Public Economies
  • A.B.Atkinson - Economic Restructuring in the USSR and International Economic Relations
  • A.G.Aganbegyan - The Mechanisms of Social Integration: The Role of the Market
  • Z.Ferge - History and Economic Theory
  • F.Hahn - Monitoring the Economic and Social Weather in the Philippines
  • M.Mangahas - PART 2: MARKETS IN EQUILIBRIUM - General Equilibrium in an Imperfect World: Incomplete Markets
  • F.Hahn - Comment
  • R.Guesnerie - Microeconomic Foundations and Properties of a Macroeconomic Model with Imperfect Competition
  • J-P.Benassy - The 'Folk Theorem' and Continuous Reaction Functions: A Synthesis
  • J.W.Friedman - Price Dispersion: Theoretical Considerations and Empirical Evidence from the Marseille Fish Market
  • A.Kirman & A.Vignes - Information and Regulation
  • J-J.Laffont - Equilibrium and Rationality: Context and History-Dependence
  • J-F.Mertens - PART 3: WELFARE AND SOCIAL CHOICE - Alternative Approaches to Libertarian Rights in the Theory of Social Choice
  • K.Suzumura - The Normative Economics of Unanimity and Equality: Equity, Adequacy and Fundamental Dominance with Applications to Matchings and Wages
  • S-C.Kolm - A Solution to the Problem of Mass Elections
  • B.Peleg

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