The foundations of economic policy : values and techniques

書誌事項

The foundations of economic policy : values and techniques

Nicola Acocella ; translated from the Italian by Brendan Jones

Cambridge University Press, c1998

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  • : pbk

タイトル別名

Fondamenti di politica economica

Foundations of economic policy : values and techniques

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注記

Originally published in Italian by La Nuova Italia scientifica, 1994

Includes bibliographical references (p. 477-500) and indexes

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Recent developments in public economics have largely been in the direction of reaffirming the limits of the market and of establishing new ones. The possible existence of fundamental non-convexities, imperfect and asymmetric information, incentive compatibility, imperfect competition, strategic complementarity, and scale economies led to the conclusion that a large set of market failures exist; such situations also imply government failure. Acocella, considers this complicated picture and provides a discussion of the different approaches to establishing social 'rankings' of the possible situations and the underlying principles. The arguments for and against different institutions are then analysed at a micro and macroeconomic level. The market and the government are recognised as imperfect, and thus complementary, institutions. Specific policy targets and instruments are considered in the areas of micro and macro-economic policy. Special attention is devoted to questions of policy management in an open economy. Finally, problems of domestic and international policy co-ordination are considered.

目次

  • 1. Introduction
  • Part I. Defining Social Preferences: 2. Individual preferences and social preferences
  • 3. The Pareto principle and 'new welfare economics'
  • Part II. Social Choices, Government and the Market: 4. Theories of justice, welfare functions and the social optimum
  • 5. Social preferences and institutions
  • 6. Market failures: microeconomic aspects
  • 7. Market failures: macroeconomic aspects
  • Part III. Normative and Positive Theory of Economic Policy: 8. The normative theory of economic policy
  • 9. 'Non-market' failures: elements of a positive theory of economic policy
  • Part IV. Microeconomic Intervention: 10. Microeconomic policies for efficiency
  • 11. Redistributive policies and optimal taxation
  • 12. Social choice and cost-benefit analysis
  • Part V. Macroeconomic Intervention in a Closed Economy: 13. Macroeconomic objectives and monetary policy
  • 14. Macroeconomic objectives and fiscal policy
  • 15. Incomes and price policies
  • Part VI. Macroeconomic Intervention in an Open Economy: 16. Monetary systems and exchange rate regimes
  • 17. Balance of payments policies
  • 18. Economic policies in an open economy
  • Part VII. Problems of 'Regime' in Government Action, Domestic and International: 19. Consistency in public choice
  • Index
  • References.

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BA37420630
  • ISBN
    • 0521584078
    • 0521586380
  • LCCN
    97044351
  • 出版国コード
    uk
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 原本言語コード
    ita
  • 出版地
    Cambridge, UK
  • ページ数/冊数
    xx, 519 p.
  • 大きさ
    26 cm
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