The Foundations of Economic Policy by Nicola Acocella, Brenda... - 9780521586382

The Foundations of Economic Policy by Nicola Acocella, Brenda... - 9780521586382

The Foundations of Economic PolicyValues and Techniques\nAuthor(s): Nicola Acocella, Brendan Jones\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521586382, 978-0521586382\nSynopsis\nRecent developments in public economics have largely been in the direction of reaffirming the limits of the market and of establishing new ones. The possible existence of fundamental non-convexities, imperfect and asymmetric information, incentive compatibility, imperfect competition, strategic complementarity, and scale economies led to the conclusion that a large set of market failures exist; such situations also imply government failure. Acocella, considers this complicated picture and provides a discussion of the different approaches to establishing social 'rankings' of the possible situations and the underlying principles. The arguments for and against different institutions are then analysed at a micro and macroeconomic l.

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