The Microeconomics of Public Policy Analysis /

The Microeconomics of Public Policy Analysis / / Lee S. Friedman.

This book shows, from start to finish, how microeconomics can and should be used in the analysis of public policy problems. It is an exciting new way to learn microeconomics, motivated by its application to important, real-world issues. Lee Friedman's modern replacement for his influential 1984...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Friedman, Lee S.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017]
©2002
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (784 p.) :; 142 line illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ALTERNATIVE COURSE DESIGNS
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • PART ONE. MICROECONOMIC MODELS FOR PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS
  • CHAPTER ONE. INTRODUCTION TO MICROECONOMIC POLICY ANALYSIS
  • CHAPTER TWO. AN INTRODUCTION TO MODELING: DEMAND, SUPPLY, AND BENEFIT-COST REASONING
  • CHAPTER THREE. UTILITY MAXIMIZATION, EFFICIENCY, AND EQUITY
  • PART TWO. USING MODELS OF INDIVIDUAL CHOICE-MAKING IN POLICY ANALYSIS
  • CHAPTER FOUR. THE SPECIFICATION OF INDIVIDUAL CHOICE MODELS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF WELFARE PROGRAMS
  • CHAPTER FIVE. THE ANALYSIS OF EQUITY STANDARDS: AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL GRANT APPLICATION
  • CHAPTER SIX. THE COMPENSATION PRINCIPLE OF BENEFIT-COST REASONING: BENEFIT MEASURES AND MARKET DEMANDS
  • CHAPTER SEVEN. UNCERTAINTY AND PUBLIC POLICY
  • CHAPTER EIGHT. ALLOCATION OVER TIME AND INDEXATION
  • PART THREE. POLICY ASPECTS OF PRODUCTION AND SUPPLY DECISIONS
  • CHAPTER NINE. THE COST SIDE OF POLICY ANALYSIS: TECHNICAL LIMITS, PRODUCTIVE POSSIBILITIES, AND COST CONCEPTS
  • CHAPTER TEN. PRIVATE PROFIT-MAKING ORGANIZATIONS: OBJECTIVES, CAPABILITIES, AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS
  • CHAPTER ELEVEN. PUBLIC AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS: OBJECTIVES, CAPABILITIES, AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS
  • PART FOUR. COMPETITIVE MARKETS AND PUBLIC POLICY INTERVENTIONS
  • CHAPTER TWELVE: EFFICIENCY, DISTRIBUTION, AND GENERAL COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS: CONSEQUENCES OF TAXATION
  • CHAPTER THIRTEEN. THE CONTROL OF PRICES TO ACHIEVE EQUITY IN SPECIFIC MARKETS
  • CHAPTER FOURTEEN. DISTRIBUTIONAL CONTROL WITH RATIONS AND VOUCHERS
  • PART FIVE. SOURCES OF MARKET FAILURE AND INSTITUTIONAL CHOICE
  • CHAPTER FIFTEEN. ALLOCATIVE DIFFICULTIES IN MARKETS AND GOVERNMENTS
  • CHAPTER SIXTEEN. THE PROBLEM OF PUBLIC GOODS
  • CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. EXTERNALITIES AND POLICIES TO INTERNALIZE THEM
  • CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. INDUSTRY REGULATION
  • CHAPTER NINETEEN. POLICY PROBLEMS OF ALLOCATING RESOURCES OVER TIME
  • CHAPTER TWENTY. IMPERFECT INFORMATION AND INSTITUTIONAL CHOICES
  • AUTHOR INDEX
  • SUBJECT INDEX

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