The microeconomics of public policy analysis

Friedman Lee S.

The microeconomics of public policy analysis / Lee S. Friedman - Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2002. - xviii, 764 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes index.

Introduction to microeconomic policy analysis
An introduction to modeling : demand, supply, and benefit-cost reasoning
Utility maximization, efficiency, and equity
The specification of individual choice models for the analysis of welfare programs
The analysis of equity standards : an intergovernmental grant application
The compensation principle of benefit-cost reasoning : benefit measures and market demands
Uncertainty and public policy
Allocation over time and indexation
The cost side of policy analysis : technical limits, productive possibilities, and cost concepts
Private profit-making organizations : objectives, capabilities, and policy implications
Public and nonprofit organizations : objectives, capabilities, and policy implications
Efficiency, distribution, and general competitive analysis : consequences of taxation
The control of prices to achieve equity in specific markets
Distributional control with rations and vouchers
Allocative difficulties in markets and governments
The problem of public goods
Externalities and policies to internalize them
Industry regulation
Policy problems of allocating resources over time
Imperfect information and institutional choices

This title shows how microeconomics should be used in the analysis of public policy problems. It is a new way to learn microeconomics, motivated by its application to important, real-world issues


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