Microeconomics : essays in theory and applications

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Microeconomics : essays in theory and applications

Franklin M. Fisher ; edited by Maarten-Pieter Schinkel

Cambridge University Press, 1999

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes

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This book, the fourth volume of Franklin M. Fisher's collected articles, contains work in microeconomics stretching over four decades. Principal sections include essays on stability and disequilibrium, welfare economics and consumer theory, and applications of microeconomics. Topics include the decision whether or not to use statistical methods to adjust the census, and the economics of water in the Middle East as well as the effect of computer reservations systems on airlines and the theory of united fund drives by charities. An autobiographical essay serves as an epilogue.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • 1. Disequilibrium and stability
  • 2. Welfare economics and consumer theory
  • 3. Applications of microeconomic theory
  • 4. Industrial organization, economics and the law
  • 5. Public policy applications
  • Epilogue.

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