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Autore |
Conkling Roger L. <1917-, > |
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Titolo |
Marginal cost in the new economy : a proposal for a uniform approach to policy evaluations / / Roger L. Conkling |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015, c2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-315-70256-8 |
1-317-46522-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (208 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Direct costing |
Policy sciences |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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First published 2004 by M.E. Sharpe. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. The challenge to orthodoxy -- 2. Reflections on the summers thesis -- 3. Marginal costs and marginalism : background and application -- 4. Achieving economic efficiency in regulated pricing, as framed by Alfred E. Kahn -- 5. School vouchers : an illustration of the methodology -- 6. Special cases : mixed issues/mixed methodologies -- 7. Antitrust -- 8. Concluding thoughts. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This volume presents an approach for resolving a variety of public policy debates. It proposes that a single standard - marginal cost methodology - be adopted to replace the haphazard arrays of methods and techniques currenly employed to measure the costs and benefits of disputed policy issues. |
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