Welfare economics / Paul E. Weston and Robert N. Townsend, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Weston, Paul E.

Townsend, Robert N.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Welfare economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (282 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents the latest research in the field from around the world.

Contents:

Intro

WELFARE ECONOMICS

CONTENTS

PREFACE

SHORT COMMENTARIES

DOES INTRODUCING RENTAL HOUSINGWITH FIXED RENTAL TERMS IMPROVEWELFARE IN JAPAN?

Abstract

1. Introduction

2. Welfare Implications of the Revision of the JTPL

3. Conclusion

Acknowledgements

References

STRATEGIC DEMOCRACY AND NATURALRESOURCE OVERUSE:GROUNDWATER DEPLETION IN TAMIL NADU

1. Motivation

2. Major Considerations

3. Estimation

4. Conclusions

HUMAN RIGHTS, DEVELOPMENT AND THE WTO'SNON- COMPLIANCE

Introduction

2. The Doha Round

3. Agricultural Trade Liberalization

4. Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs):

5. Conclusions

RESEARCH AND REVIEW STUDIES

THE INSTITUTIONS OF POVERTY

2. A Brief History of Poverty

3. Macro-economic Conditions of Poverty

4. The First Institution of Poverty: Lack of Assets

5. The Second Institution of Poverty: Lack of Accountability

6. The Third Institution of Poverty: Habitat Structures

7. The Forth Institution of Poverty: Lack of Income Security

8. Conclusion

APROJECT ...AFRICA

2. Physics and Economics

3. Project Africa

4. Model

4.1. Recognize the Problem and Calculate the Outcome

I. Market Reasoning

II. Environmental Friendly World

III. Globalization with Name and Surname

4.2. Willingness to Invest and Ways of Doing

4.3. Results for Broad Range of Topics Lasting Long

5. Conclusion

THE IDENTIFICATION AND MEASUREMENTOF POVERTY

2. Identification

2.1. The Direct Method vs. the Income Method

2.2. Absolute vs. Relative Poverty

2.3. Poverty vs. Inequality

2.4. Intensive vs. Extensive Poverty

2.5. Lifetime Poverty.

2.6. Household Poverty

2.7. Selection of the Poverty Line

3. Measurement

3.1. One-Dimensional Poverty Measures

3.1.1. Primitive Measures

3.1.2. Sen's Axiomatic Approach

3.1.3. The Sen Measure

3.1.4. Sen-like Measures

3.1.5. Social Welfare-Based Measures

3.1.6. The Foster et al. Poverty Measure

3.1.7. Dalton-type Measures

3.1.8. The Stochastic Dominance Approach

3.2. Multi-dimensional Poverty Measures

3.2.1. The Aggregation Approach

3.2.2. Individual-Level Measures

3.2.3. Multi-dimensional Stochastic Dominance

3.3. Statistical Inference for Poverty Measures

4. Conclusion

WELFARE EFFECTS OF ECOLOGICAL TAX REFORMS

2. The Basic Model

2.1. Workers

2.2. Firms

2.3. Union

2.4. Government

3. The Solution without Taxes

4. Environmental Tax Reform with Specified Energy Tax

4.1. ETR I: Wage Subsidy Paid to Worker

4.2. Wage Subsidy to Firms

4.3. ETR III: Employment Subsidy to Workers

4.4. ETR IV: Employment Subsidy to Firms

5. Environmental Tax Reform with Specified Subsidy

5.1. ETR V: A Wage Subsidy Paid to Workers

5.2. ETR VI: A Wage Subsidy Paid to Firms

5.3. ETR VII: An Employment Subsidy Paid to Workers

5.4. ETR VIII: An Employment Subsidy Paid to Firms

6. Conclusion

THE WELFARE EFFECTSOF NON LINEAR GROWTH

2. A Simple One-Sector Neoclassical Growth Model

3. A Keynesian Growth Model

4. Knowledge as the Source of Cycles

5. Knowledge in the Utility Function

6. Leisure in the Utility Function

7. Conclusions

SOCIAL CAPITAL: RECIPROCITYOR SATISFACTION?

2. The Model

3. Results

4. Discussion

5. Conclusion and Future Directions

References.

WHY ARE TRADE AGREEMENTS MOSTLYREGIONAL? A WELFARE ANALYSIS BYTRANSPORTATION COSTS

3. One-Shot Tariff Game

4. The Stationary Dynamic Tariff Game

4.1. Small Country

4.2. Large Country

4.3. Trade Agreements

WELFARE DYNAMICS OF THE RICARDIAN-MILLSMODEL∗

2. Theoretical Framework

2.1. Conditions of the Ricardian-Mills Model

2.2. Trade Conditional Equilibrium and Free Trade Equilibrium

2.2.1. Commitment Trade

2.2.2. Conditional Trade Equilibrium

2.2.3. Free Trade Equilibrium

3. Dynamic Properties of the Ricardian-Mills Model

3.1. Properties of the Ricardian-Mills Model under a Particular Case ofForecast Function

4. Welfare and Dynamical Properties

INDEX.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61324-141-0

OCLC:

705945734