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Utilitarianism & Welfare Economics [PDF]

open access: yes, 1992
application/pdf§1 Characteristics of Utilitarianism §2 Bentham's Ethical Theory §3 Faults of Bentham's Ethical Theory Ⅱ Pigou's The Economics of Welfare §4 The National Dividend and the Condition of Maximizing It §5 Three Questions Concerning Income ...
ヨシザワ, マサヤス   +1 more
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Ecological Economics at a Crossroads [PDF]

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During the past decade theoretical and empirical advances in neoclassical economics have resulted in the virtual rejection of the two pillars of traditional welfare economics-- rational economic man and perfect competition.
John M. Gowdy, Jon D. Erickson
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Toward a New Welfare Foundation for Sustainability [PDF]

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The debate over various definitions of sustainability has for the most part been conducted within the framework of traditional welfare economics. Discussion has centered on technical issues imbedded within the functional forms of various optimization ...
John M. Gowdy
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Economic Analysis of Welfare Economics, Morality and the Law [PDF]

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This paper contains the chapters on welfare economics, morality, and the law from a general, forthcoming book, Foundations of Economic Analysis of Law (Harvard University Press, 2003).
Steven Shavell
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The Fundamental Theorems of Welfare Economics in a Non-Welfaristic Approach [PDF]

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This paper investigates extensions of the two fundamental theorems of welfare economics to the framework in which each agent is endowed with three types of preference relations: an allocation preference relation, an opportunity preference relation, and ...
Xu, Yongsheng, Tadenuma, Koichi
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Revenue recycling and the welfare effects of road pricing [PDF]

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The authors explore the interaction between taxes on work-related traffic congestion and preexisting distortionary taxes in the labor market. A congestion tax raises the overall costs of commuting to work and discourages labor force participation at the ...
Bento, Antonio Miguel R.   +1 more
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The Restoration of Welfare Economics

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This paper argues that welfare economics should be restored to a prominent place on the agenda of economists, and should occupy a central role in the teaching of economics.
Anthony B. Atkinson
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A Utilitarian Welfare Analysis of Trade Liberalization [PDF]

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This paper provides a welfare analysis of trade liberalization based upon the moral principles of utilitarianism. The history of the moral philosophy of utilitarianism is described including its introduction into what became known as Cambridge welfare ...
Robert Shelburne
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Bringing Ethics Back to Welfare Economics

open access: yes, 2014
Economists do not agree on the nature of welfare economics: is it normative or positive analysis? To overcome this disagreement and bridge the gap between the two views, the argument developed here takes two steps.
Mabsout R.
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Is novelty always a good thing? Towards an evolutionary welfare economics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Schumpeter's and Hayek's view of market coordination as being not about efficiency, but about endogenous change and never-ending discovery has been increasingly recognized even by the mainstream of economics.
Schubert, Christian
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