Zajac, Edward E.

Political economy of fairness / por Edward E. Zajac. -- - Cambridge : The MIT Press, 1996. - 325 p.

Acknowledgments I - Basic Economic Concepts and Ideas 1. Introduction and Overview 2. The Concept of Economic Efficiency 3. More Economic Concepts 4. Externalities and Public Goods 5. On Firms (Private or Public Organizations) 6. Risk and Incentives; Principal-Agent Theory II - Fairness Theory 7. A Brief Intellectual History of the Economist's Current Ethical Outlook 8. Normative Theories I: John Rawls 9. Normative Theories II: Robert Nozick, Utilitarianism, and Superfairness 10. Positive Theories I: The Formal Principle of Distributive Justice and Institutional Framing 11. Positive Theories II: Perceived Economic Justice in Public Utility Regulation 12. Strategic Uses of Fairness III - Normative and Positive Economic Theories of Reulation 13. Public Interest (Normative) Economic Theories of Regulation 14. Interest Group (Positive) Economic Theories of Regulation: Incentive-Compatible Regulation IV - Case Studies and Applications 15. Introduction to Part IV 16. Progressive Taxation 17. Unfair Pricing I: Cross-Subsidization 18. Unfair Pricing II: Predatory Pricing and Dumping - Whose Ox Is Being Gored? 19. Evaluating Assets Fairly: The Example of Public Utility 20. The Supreme Court's Struggle with Mergers and Breakups 21. Attempts to Break Out of the Regulatory Straitjacket, Fairly 22. Social Regulation: A Medly of the Power of the Media, Efficiency Glossary Notes References Index

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