D. Bös

Economic Theory of Public Enterprise

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The topic of this book has fascinated me for a long time. I have given lectures on the economic theory of public enterprise as professor at the universities of Bonn, Vienna and Graz since 1974 and as visiting professor at the London School of Economics since 1976. I discussed particular problems at scientific conferences. This book is the result of all this scientific business. I have greatly benefited from discussing various ideas with my colleagues. In Germany and Austria, above all N.Andel, Ch.B.Blankart, D.Elixmann, B.Genser, G.Gyarfas, R. Holzmann , Ch.Seidl, J.Tillmann, R.Watzke, W.Wiegard and G.Winckler have to be mentioned. At London School of Economics, discussions with A.Atkinson, Ch.Foster, S.Glaister, A.R.Prest, D.Quarmby, W.H.Robson, A.Sen, R.Turvey and A.A. Walters have been indicative for me. Last not least my thanks go to my German, Austrian and British students, especially to the critical ones among them. Needless to say that mentioning these discussion partners only means thanking them. The responsibility for any remaining faults is only at me.

Produktdetails

• Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems 188
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Berlin Heidelberg / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-540-10567-1
• 1981.
• Seitenzahl: 156
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 1981
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 260g
• ISBN-13: 9783540105671
• ISBN-10: 3540105670
• Artikelnr.: 24946079

Inhaltsangabe

1 Introduction.- 2 Theoretical foundations of allocation policy.- 1. Benefit-cost analysis and consumer surplus.- 2. Partial versus general microeconomic analysis.- 3. The quantitative importance of allocative efficiency.- 3 Marginal-cost pricing.- 1. Economic interpretation of marginal-cost pricing.- 2. Joint production, quality differentiation and peakload pricing.- 3. Zerotariffs as a special concept for allocation.- 4. Regulating marginal-cost prices.- 5. Consequeaces for allocation, distribution and stabilization.- 4 Welfare maximization under a revenue-cost constraint.- 1. Nonlinear and nonuniform pricing.- 2. Uniform pricing à la Ramsey.- 3. On the opportunity costs of financing deficits.- 4. Regulating Ramsey prices.- 5. Economic consequences of Ramsey prices and of two-part tariffs.- 5 Interdependencies with the private economy.- 1. Interdependencies caused by producers.- 2. Interdependencies caused by consumers.- 6 Non-allocational objectives.- 1. Description of different non-allocative objectives.- 2. The fundamental optimization problem 94.- 3. Economic interpretation of the results.- 4. Some remarks on other non-allocational objectives.- 7 Public-good pricing.- 1. Optimal prices for public goods 108.- 2. Some remarks on the applicability of public-good pricing.- 8 Conclusion: Welfare economics, business economics, and political economics.- 1. Business economics of public enterprises.- 2. Political economics of public enterprises.- Appendix Obtaining the Ramsey price structure from maximization of consumer surplus.- References.