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Markets or governments : choosing between imperfect alternatives / Charles Wolf, Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wolf, Charles, Jr., 1924-2016, author.
- Series:
- A RAND research study
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Capitalism.
- Economic policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 238 p. ) ill. ;
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : The MIT Press, c1993.
- Contents:
- The Cardinal economic choice
- Market failure
- Nonmarket failure: the demand and supply conditions
- Nonmarket failure: types, sources, and mechanisms
- Nonmarket failure and the analysis of public policy
- Comparing market and nonmarket alternatives: general considerations
- Comparing market and nonmarket alternatives: empirical aspects
- Conclusions: the choice between markets and governments.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-23172-7
- 0-262-28640-8
- 0-585-04820-7
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