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Creedy, John - 1996

This major new book provides an accessible and innovative introduction to general equilibrium analysis and associated welfare economics. In this distinct and refreshing treatment, John Creedy develops a simple two sector model using only diagrams and simple mathematics to ensure that this...

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Performance of the Chinese insurance industry under economic reforms

Yao, Shujie - 2010

ch. 1. Introduction -- ch. 2. China's insurance market - development issues -- ch. 3. Review of efficiency studies in … first English language study in the literature to address the efficiency issue of the Chinese insurance sector, and presents … a comprehensive review on alternative methodologies for analyzing firm efficiency …

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Competition in the provision of local public goods : single function jurisdictions and individual choice

Petermann Reifschneider, Alexandra - 2006

The central purpose of this book is to analyse the optimal allocation of local public goods or services (for example … garbage collection, police, fire brigades and medical services) in large urban agglomerations and the allocation consequences … jurisdictions and the impact this probable increase in competition may have on the achievement of the optimal allocation of local …

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Path dependence and lock-in

Liebowitz, Stanley Jason - 2014

Efficiency of the "Silly Little Bobtailed" Coal Wagons', Journal of Economic History, 57 (1), March,139-60 -- Peter Scott (1999 …), 'The Efficiency of Britain's "Silly Little Bobtailed" Coal Wagons: A Comment on Van Vleck', Journal of Economic History, 59 …

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Market failure or success : the new debate

Crampton, Eric (contributor); Cowen, Tyler (contributor) - 2002

Recent years have seen the development of new theories of market failure based on asymmetric information and network effects. According to the new paradigm, we can expect substantial failure in the markets for labor, credit, insurance, software, new technologies and even used cars, to give but a...

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Anarchy, state and public choice

Stringham, Edward Peter (contributor) - 2005

The book reprints the main articles from the 1972 volume Explorations in the Theory of Anarchy, and contains a response to each chapter, as well as new comments by Gordon Tullock, James Buchanan, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel and Peter Boettke. The younger economists are notably less pessimistic about...

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The economics of social protection

Söderström, Lars - 2008

book takes into account both equity and efficiency aspects …

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Fiscal policy and environmental welfare : modelling interjurisdictional competition

Upmann, Thorsten - 1998 - Revised version of the author's thesis

are required to finance public goods. In Fiscal Policy and Environmental Welfare the author considers the efficiency …

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The history of economic analysis : selected essays

Creedy, John - 1998

This book brings together John Creedy's most important essays on the history of economic analysis. The book contributes to our understanding of the development of economics by looking at the subject and some of its major players including Pareto, Edgeworth, Marshall and Wicksell, from an...

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Economics, welfare policy, and the history of economic thought : essays in honour of Arnold Heertje

Fase, M. M. G. (ed.); Kanning, W. (ed.); … - 1999

In this book, internationally renowned scholars, including two Nobel Laureates, have been drawn together to celebrate Arnold Heertje's rich contribution to the field of economics. Their essays reflect his influence in the areas of economic theory and policy. In particular, they follow in the...

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