Issues in Contemporary Economics: Volume 1. Markets and Welfare

Arrow, Kenneth J. (ed.)

ISBN 10: 0333524772 / ISBN 13: 9780333524770

Published by St. Martin's Press, Basingstoke and London, 1993

About this Item

Hardcover. From the collection of the late Professor Sir A.B. Atkinson. Light edge-wear on dust jacket. One or two scores, marks and bumps on boards and spine. Pages are bright and clean. Contents are clear throughout. AF.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Issues in Contemporary Economics: Volume 1. Markets and Welfare
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press, Basingstoke and London
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333524772
• ISBN 13: 9780333524770
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Used
• Seller catalogs:
  • Economics

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Synopsis

This book, with an overview introduction by Kenneth J.Arrow, is the first volume of the proceedings of the World Economic Congress held in Athens, Greece, in August/September 1989 under the auspices of the International Economic Association. It contains in Part 1 lectures from the plenary session by distinguished world economists. Part 2 contains surveys and reflections on various aspects of markets in equilibrium. Part 3 is concerned with normative criteria for economic policy within the framework of welfare and social choice theory.

About the Author

Kenneth J. Arrow, Nobel Laureate and past President of the American Economic Association, is Professor of Economics at Stanford University and editor of this volume.