Public Economics: Selected Papers by William Vickrey (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521597630)

Nobel Prize winner, the late William Vickrey was considered by many an important figure in contemporary economics. He published several books and some 140 papers scattered over many journals. This book offers a selection from these papers, organized so as to bring out the scope and yet the unity of the work. Vickrey has the 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 bibliography of Vickrey's work.

Author: William Vickrey
ISBN-10: 0521597633
ISBN-13: 9780521597630
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/13/1997
Pages: 572
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.60lbs
Size: 9.73h x 6.85w x 1.04d