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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779686603321

Autore

Scitovsky Tibor

Titolo

Papers on Welfare and Growth [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2013

London : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

0-203-70858-X

1-299-47939-1

1-135-03302-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (271 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions. Economics. Welfare economics and economic policy ; ; 8

Disciplina

330.1

Soggetti

Business & Economics

Economic Theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Papers on Welfare and Growth; Copyright Page; Preface; Contents; A: Economic Growth and Related Problems; 1. A Study of Interest and Capital; 2. Capital Accumulation, Employment and Price Rigidity; 3. Two Concepts of External Economies; 4. Monopoly and Competition in Europe and America; 5. Growth-Balanced or Unbalanced?; 6. lnternational Trade and Economic Integration as Means of Overcoming the Disadvantages of a Small Nation; B: Theoretical Welfare Economics; 7. A Note on Welfare Propositions in Economics; 8. A Reconsideration of the Theory of Tariffs

9. A Note on Profit Maximization and its Implications10. The State of Welfare Economics; C: Practical Welfare Economics; 11. Some Consequences of the Habit of Judging Quality by Price; 12. Ignorance as a Source of Oligopoly Power; 13. What Price Economic Progress?; 14. A Critique of Present and Proposed Standards; 15. On the Principle of Consumers' Sovereignty; 16. Equity; 1'7. International Payments in Laputa; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The volume is divided into three parts:A: Economic Growth and Related Problems (covering international trade and economic integration, including a comparative study between Europe and America)B:



Theoretical Welfare Economics (welfare propositions in economics, profit maximization and its implications and the Theory of Tariffs)C: Practical Welfare Economics (the price of economic progress, equity and international payments).