The ideas of Ronald H. Coase : market failure and planning by contract for sustainable development / Lawrence W.C. Lai.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lai, Lawrence Wai-chung, author.

Series:

Routledge studies in the history of economics ; 125.

Routledge studies in the history of economics ; 125

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coase, R. H. (Ronald Harry).

Coase, R. H.

Economics.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is the first work dedicated to the key ideas of Nobel Laureate Ronald Coase on pollution and public goods with sustainable development in mind from the perspective of an economist-town planner. The seminal contributions of Ronald Coase, foretold in the form of the Coase Theorem by another Nobel laureate, George Stigler, have been much analyzed and often misinterpreted by friends and foes alike. In this book, Lawrence Lai attempts to revisit Coase's seminal works and bring to the fore their importance in economic and urban planning policy analysis. Coase's comparative institutional

Contents:

pt. 1. Intellectual and policy context

pt. 2. Coase and market failure

pt. 3. Coase theorom applied and planning by contract

pt. 4. Concluding thoughts.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-136-82047-7

1-283-10430-X

9786613104304

1-136-82048-5

0-203-83017-2

9780203830178

OCLC:

719652154