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100	1		_aJUST, Richard E. _95365
245	1	0	_aThe welfare economics of public policy : _ba practical approach to project and policy evaluation
260			_aCheltenham, UK : _bEdward Elgar, _c2004
300			_a688 p.
505	8	0	_t1. Introduction _t-Positive versus normative economics _t-Some controversies in welfare economics _t-Compensating in welfare economics _t-Compensating and equivalent variations _t-Efficiency and equity _t-Welfare weightings _t-Overview of the book _t2. Pareto optimality and the Pareto criterion _t-Pareto optimality and the Pareto criterion defined _t-The pure consumption case _t-Production efficiency _t-The product-mix case _t-Pareto optimality and competitive equilibrium _t-Limitations of Pareto optimality and the Pareto principle _t3. The compensation principle and the welfare function _t-The compensation principle _t-Utility possibility curves and the potential welfare criterion _t-The social welfare function _t-Limitations of the social welfare function approach _t-Potential versus actual gains _t-Practical applied policy analysis: the relationship of general equilibrium and partial equilibrium analysis _t4. Welfare measurement for the producer _t-The profit-maximizing firm _t-Welfare measures for the producing firm _t-The relationship of profit, quasirent and producer surplus _t-Producer welfare measurement in the input market _t-Evaluation of nonprice benefits _t-Input quantity restrictions for the competitive firm _t-Investment and intertemporal welfare measurement _t5. Consumer surplus and consumer welfare _t-The notion of consumer surplus _t-Path dependence of consumer surplus _t-Uniqueness of consumer surplus _t-Constancy of the marginal utility of income _t6. Willingness to pay and consumer welfare _t-Willingness-to-pay measures _t-The nibble paradox _t-Equality of compensating and equivalent variation _t-Graphical analysis of willingness to pay _t-Consumer surplus as a WTP measure: the single-price-change case _t-Consumer surplus as a WTP measure: the multiple price-change-case _t-Consumer surplus as a WTP measure:the price-income-change case _t-Exact measurement of WTP _t7. Factor supply and factor owner welfare _t-Initial considerations in factor owner welfare measurement _t-Endogenous versus exogenous income _t-Path dependence and related issues _t-Willingness to pay revisited _t-Surplus change as an approximation of WTP _t-The general price change case for the factor owner _t-Multiple price changes with changes in exogenous income _t-An example _t-Imposed quantity changes _t-Areas between supply (or demand) curves as welfare measures for multiple changes _t-Exact measurement of WTP for factor owners _t8. Aggregation and economic welfare analysis of market-oriented policies _t-Aggregation of WTP: the producer case _t-Aggregation of WTP:the case of consumers and factor owners _t-Aggregation of money measures of utiliy change _t-Aggregation of WTP over producers and consumers _t-Welfare analysis of simple market distortions _t-Laissez-faire and government intervention _t-International trade _t-Empirical considerations in market-level welfare analysis _t-The choice of market for estimation _t9. Multimarket analysis and general equilibrium considerations _t-Welfare effects in vertically related markets _t-Welfare effects in horizontally related markets _t-General equillibrium welfare measurements _t-Welfare measurement with existing distortions in other markets _t-General equilibrium considerations in specification, estimation and interpretation _t10. The welfare economics of market structure with applications to international trade _t-The simple monopoly model _t-The simple monopsony model _t-The cases of oligopoly and oligopsony _t-Demands and cost conditions _t-Economies of scale _t-Market intermediaries _t-Labor unions _t-Antitrust economics _t-International trade considerations _t-Bargaining, game theory and welfare economics _t-Empirical considerations in markets subject to market power _t11. The welfare economics of informatio with applications to advertising and information policy _t-The role of price expectation _t-The role of quality information _t-Measuring the welfare effects of partial and misleading information _t-An example of government delay in disseminating contamination information _t-Apparent versus actual changes in tastes and preferences _t-The welfare effects of advertising _t-Evaluation of public information policy _t12. Stochastic welfare economics with applications to agricultural policy analisys _t-Consumer welfare with random prices and instantaneous adjustment _t-Prodeucer welfare with random but anticipated prices _t-Can uncertainty improve welfare? _t-Additional considerations regarding welfare effects of price stabilization _t-Instability with uncertainty _t-Welfare measures under risk aversion _t-Market-based estimation of ex ante and ex post WTP _t-Market-based estimation of ex ante WTP _t-An example _t-Agricultural price estabilization _t-Federal crop insurance policy _t13. Nonmarket welfare measurement with applications to environmental economic policy _t-Externalities _t-Public goods _t-Impure public goods _t-Measurement of external environmental benefits and costs _t14. Intertemporal considerations in cost-benefit analysis with applications to natural resource economics _t-The social discount rate _t-Measuring welfare over time: cost-benefit analysis _t-Intertemporal aspects of the consumer problem _t-Intertemporal welfare analysis of risky projects and policies _t-Investing in research and development _t-Economic welfare analysis of natural resource policy _t-A general framework for dynamic and sustainable economic welfare _t15. Conclusions and further considerations _t-Emphasis on application _t-Welfare maximization and cost-benefit analysis _t-Income distribution _t-Making economic welfare analysis useful in the policy process
650		4	_911932 _a Política Econômica
700	1		_aHUETH, Darrell L. _921133
700	1		_aSCHMITZ, Andrew _921134
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