Issues in Contemporary Economics

Volume 1: Markets and Welfare

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Editors:

Kenneth J. Arrow

Kenneth J. Arrow

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Part of the book series: International Economic Association Series (IEA)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

Front Matter

Pages i-xxv

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The Plenary Papers
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 1-1
  
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2. Presidential Address: The Nature of Inequality
  
  Amartya Sen
  
  Pages 3-21
3. Basic Income Schemes and the Lessons from Public Economics
  
  Anthony B. Atkinson
  
  Pages 22-38
4. Economic Restructuring in the USSR and International Economic Relations
  
  Abel G. Aganbegyan
  
  Pages 39-49
5. The Mechanisms of Social Integration: The Role of the Market
  
  Zsusza Ferge
  
  Pages 50-66
6. History and Economic Theory
  
  Frank Hahn
  
  Pages 67-74
7. Monitoring the Economic and Social Weather in the Philippines
  
  Mahar Mangahas
  
  Pages 75-90
Markets in Equilibrium
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 91-91
  
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2. General Equilibrium in an Imperfect World: Incomplete Markets
  
  Frank Hahn
  
  Pages 93-114
3. Comment
  
  Roger Guesnerie
  
  Pages 115-120
4. Microeconomic Foundations and Properties of a Macroeconomic Model with Imperfect Competition
  
  Jean-Pascal Bénassy
  
  Pages 121-138
5. The ‘Folk Theorem’ and Continuous Reaction Functions: A Synthesis
  
  James W. Friedman
  
  Pages 139-159
6. Price Dispersion: Theoretical Considerations and Empirical Evidence from the Marseilles Fish Market
  
  Alan Kirman, Annick Vignes
  
  Pages 160-185
7. Information and Regulation
  
  Jean-Jacques Laffont
  
  Pages 186-197
8. Equilibrium and Rationality: Context and History-Dependence
  
  Jean-François Mertens
  
  Pages 198-211
Welfare and Social Choice
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 213-213
  
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2. Alternative Approaches to Libertarian Rights in the Theory of Social Choice
  
  Kotaro Suzumura
  
  Pages 215-242
3. The Normative Economics of Unanimity and Equality: Equity, Adequacy and Fundamental Dominance with Applications to Matchings and Wages
  
  Serge-Christophe Kolm
  
  Pages 243-286
4. A Solution to the Problem of Mass Elections
  
  Bezalel Peleg
  
  Pages 287-294

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About this book

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.

Bibliographic Information

Book Title: Issues in Contemporary Economics
Book Subtitle: Volume 1: Markets and Welfare
Editors: Kenneth J. Arrow
Series Title: International Economic Association Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-11573-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1991
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-52477-0Published: 18 November 1990
eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-11573-0Published: 27 July 2016
Series ISSN: 2662-6330
Series E-ISSN: 2662-6349
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 294
Topics: International Economics

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