Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: Introduction to the Maximum Principle -- 1. The Calculus of Variations and the Stationary Rate of Return on Capital -- 2. The Prototype-Economic Control Problem -- 3. The Maximum Principle in One Dimension -- 4. Applications of the Maximum...

An interdisciplinary book by one of the most respected scholars in what is broadly development economics but encompasses the most recent insights from philosophical research and empirical work on resource allocation, nutrition science, and anthropology. It has been widely recognized as a seminal...

In this book Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz and co-author Raaj Sah address one of development's major issues. Most of today's countries face town versus country tensions of increasing severity, including such issues as who should pay how much in taxes, who should get how much in subsidies, and...

The Microeconomics of Market Failures -- Contents -- Preface -- The Microeconomics of Market Failures -- Introduction -- Collective Choice -- The Aggregation of Preferences -- Cost-Benefit Analysis -- Implementation -- Public Economics -- Public Goods -- External Effects -- Nonconvexities --...