Public Economics: Selected Papers by William Vickrey - Couverture rigide

Vickrey, William

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0521454395 ISBN 13 : 9780521454391

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1994

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Nobel Prize winner the late William Vickrey was one of the truly important figures in contemporary economics. Over the past fifty-five years he has published several books and some 140 papers scattered over many journals. This book offers a thoughtful selection from these papers, organised so as to bring out the scope and yet the unity of the work. Vickrey has the unique distinction of having contributed, often seminally and always operationally, to all major branches of public economics. The papers collected here cover social choice and allocation mechanisms, taxation, pricing in public utilities and in urban transportation, urban economics, and macroeconomic policies. Each topic is introduced by one of the four editors, and the book is completed with a full annotated bibliography of Vickrey's work. For the first time, we have convenient access to a set of important, creative and stimulating contributions, which have helped shape the modern field of public economics. This is a fascinating overview of the field and of the life-time work of a great economist.

Revue de presse :

'Bill Vickrey is an economist's economist; not only an original and creative theorist but, wonder of wonders, inventor of brilliant ways of applying those theories. While many difficult selection choices had to be made, the best known of Vickrey's pieces - including, for example, the famous 'Counterspeculation, auctions ...', 'Some objections to marginal cost pricing' articles, and the remarkable ' ... New York's subway fare structure' proposal - are all here together with a fine sampling of other valuable contributions. The volume also contains helpful introductions, by an all-star cast of economists, to all the major categories of Vickrey's professional work.' Jack Hirshleifer, University of California, Los Angeles

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0521454395
• ISBN 13: 9780521454391
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 570