Economic Behavior and Distributional Choice: Selected Writings of Harold M. Hochman - Hardcover

Hochman, Harold M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1840643986 ISBN 13: 9781840643985

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2002

Synopsis

Economic Behavior and Distributional Choice brings together, for the first time, Harold M. Hochman's key papers on income redistribution and policy in one accessible volume.

The introduction describes the genesis and development of a new direction in thinking, and the papers that follow cover the evolutions of an idea: the alliance between distribution policy and distributional preference as developed through public choice theory.

This fine collection illustrates Harold M. Hochman's major contributions to the discussion of the relationship between distributional preference, income transfer policy and economic justice, including the concept of Pareto Optimal Distribution. These contributions have significantly advanced our understanding of the ways in which economic analysis can inform income distribution policy.

This pathbreaking selection of writings, including a set of innovative papers on fiscal design, urban policy and addictive behavior, will be of great interest to academics, students and researchers concerned with macroeconomics and economic behavior.

About this title

About the Author

Harold M. Hochman, formerly William E. Simon Professor of Political Economy, Department of Economics and Business, Lafayette College, US

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1840643986
• ISBN 13: 9781840643985
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304