{"product_id":"public-economics-selected-papers-by-william-vickrey-paperback-9780521597630","title":"Public Economics; Selected Papers by William Vickrey (Paperback) 9780521597630","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePublic Economics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSelected Papers by William Vickrey\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book provides convenient access to a selection of Nobel prizewinner William Vickrey's papers, which have helped shape the modern field of public economics.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWilliam Vickrey (Author), Richard Arnott (Edited by), Anthony B. Atkinson (Edited by), Kenneth Arrow (Edited by), Jacques H. Drèze (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521597630, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 13 February 1997\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e572 pages, 1 b\/w illus.  24 tables\u003cbr\u003e24.7 x 17.4 x 3.2 cm, 0.99 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'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\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eNobel 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: William Vickrey Jacques Drèze and Richard Arnott\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Social Choice and Allocation Mechanisms: Introduction Kenneth Arrow\u003cbr\u003e 1. Measuring marginal utility by reactions to risk\u003cbr\u003e 2. Utility, strategy and social decision rules\u003cbr\u003e 3. Counterspeculation, auctions and competitive sealed tenders\u003cbr\u003e 4. Auctions and bidding games\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Taxation: Introduction Anthony Atkinson\u003cbr\u003e 5. Averaging of income for income tax purposes\u003cbr\u003e 6. Cumulative averaging after thirty years\u003cbr\u003e 7. An integrated successions tax\u003cbr\u003e 8. Expenditure, capital gains and the basis of progressive taxation\u003cbr\u003e 9. The problems of progression\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Marginal Cost Pricing: Introduction Jacques Drèze\u003cbr\u003e 10. Marginal and average cost pricing\u003cbr\u003e 11. Some objections to marginal cost pricing\u003cbr\u003e 12. Responsive pricing of public utility services\u003cbr\u003e 13. Airline overbooking: some further solutions\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Pricing Urban Transportation: Introduction Richard Arnott\u003cbr\u003e 14. A proposal for revising New York's subway fare structure\u003cbr\u003e 15. Pricing in urban and suburban transport\u003cbr\u003e 16. Congestion theory and transport investment\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Urban Economics: Introduction Richard Arnott\u003cbr\u003e 17. The city as a firm\u003cbr\u003e 18. General and specific financing of urban services\u003cbr\u003e 19. The impact on land values of taxing building\u003cbr\u003e Part VI. Macroeconomic Policy: Introduction Jacques Drèze\u003cbr\u003e 20. The optimum trend of prices\u003cbr\u003e 21. Design as a market anti-inflation program\u003cbr\u003e 22. Necessary and optimum government debt\u003cbr\u003e 23. Today's tasks for economists\u003cbr\u003e Part VII. Miscellany: Introduction Richard Arnott\u003cbr\u003e 24. Resources distribution patterns and the classification of families\u003cbr\u003e 25. On the prevention of gerrymandering\u003cbr\u003e 26. One economist's view of philanthropy\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography of William Vickrey.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Economics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economics%20%5BKC%5D%22\"\u003eKC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005099823384,"sku":"9780521597630","price":41.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521597630_256895c4-f380-4082-ae02-0cff8019672d.gif?v=1691370217","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/public-economics-selected-papers-by-william-vickrey-paperback-9780521597630","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}