Market Failure Arguments Are A Poor Guide To Policy
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Market Failure Arguments Are A Poor Guide To Policy
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Author : Ryan Bourne
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
Market Failure Arguments Are A Poor Guide To Policy written by Ryan Bourne and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with categories.
'Market failure' is frequently offered as a justification for government intervention in the economy. Proponents of interventions can point to almost limitless examples of markets which do not meet all the criteria for Pareto optimality and argue that government taxation, subsidies or regulation can perfect them, maximising social welfare. But comparing market outcomes with an unattainable and unidentifiable ideal is not useful in a world of imperfect knowledge and government failure. It is better to compare market outcomes against realistic alternatives. Furthermore, even within the market failure paradigm, concepts such as 'public goods' and 'negative externalities' are routinely misunderstood and inconsistently applied. This leads to predictably poor policy outcomes.
Government Failure Versus Market Failure
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Author : Clifford Winston
language : en
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Release Date : 2007-04-01
Government Failure Versus Market Failure written by Clifford Winston and has been published by Brookings Institution Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-01 with Business & Economics categories.
When should government intervene in market activity and when is it best to let market forces take their natural course? How does the existing empirical evidence about government performance guide our answers to these questions? In this clear, concise book, Clifford Winston offers his innovative analysis—shaped by thirty years of evidence—to assess the efficacy of government interventions. Markets fail when it is possible to make one person better off without making someone else worse off, thus indicating inefficiency. Governments fail when an intervention is unwarranted because markets are performing well or when the intervention fails to correct a market problem efficiently. Winston concludes from existing research that the cost of government failure may actually be considerably greater than the cost of market failure: "My search of the evidence is not limited to policy failures. I will report success stories, but few of them emerged from my search." The prevalence of market failure is due to a lack of conviction in favor of markets, the inflexibility of intervening government agencies, and political forces that enable certain interest groups to benefit at the expense of society as a whole. Winston suggests that government policy can be improved by making greater use of market-oriented solutions that have already produced benefits in certain situations.
Markets And Market Failure
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Author : Stephen Munday
language : en
Publisher: Heinemann
Release Date : 2000
Markets And Market Failure written by Stephen Munday and has been published by Heinemann this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Business & Economics categories.
Markets and Market Failure provides a comprehensive introduction to this important area.
Market Failure Government Failure Leadership And Public Policy
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Author : Joe Wallis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Market Failure Government Failure Leadership And Public Policy written by Joe Wallis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Business Cycles categories.
A global wave of reform is reshaping the role of the state in national economies. This book examines the political economy of this megatrend, tracing the roots of the reforms to developments in public economics which emphasise problems of government.
Is The Market Moral
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Author : Rebecca M. Blank
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2003-12-31
Is The Market Moral written by Rebecca M. Blank and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-12-31 with Business & Economics categories.
In the great tradition of moral argument about the nature of the economic market, Rebecca Blank and William McGurn join to debate the fundamental questions—equality and efficiency, productivity and social justice, individual achievement and personal rights in the workplace, and the costs and benefits of corporate and entrepreneurial capitalism. Their arguments are grounded in both economic sophistication and religious commitment. Rebecca Blank is an economist by training and describes herself as "culturally Protestant in the habits of mind and heart." She has also chaired the committee that wrote the statement on Christian faith and economic life adopted by the United Church of Christ. Addressing market failure, for her, requires that sometimes "freedom to choose" give way to other human values. William McGurn, a journalist and a Roman Catholic, uses his expertise in economics to reflect on the teachings of the church concerning the morality of the market. For McGurn, humans reach their fullest potential when they are free from the constraints of others. He writes that "our quarrel is not so much with Adam Smith or Milton Friedman but with the Providence that so clearly designed man to be his most prosperous at his most free." This book grapples with the new imperatives of a global economy while working in the classic tradition of political economy which always treated seriously the questions of morality, justice, productivity, and freedom.
Free Market Environmentalism
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Author : T. Anderson
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2001-02-02
Free Market Environmentalism written by T. Anderson and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-02-02 with Science categories.
The original edition of this seminal book, published in 1991, introduced the concept of using markets and property rights to protect and improve environmental quality. Since publication, the ideas in this book have been adopted not only by conservative circles but by a wide range of environmental groups. To mention a few examples, Defenders of Wildlife applies the tenets of free market environmentalism to its wolf compensation program; World Wildlife Federation has successfully launched the CAMPFIRE program in southern Africa to reward native villagers who conserve elephants; and the Oregon Water Trust uses water markets to purchase or lease water for salmon and steelhead habitats. This revised edition updates the successful applications of free market environmentalism and adds two new chapters.
Market Failure
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Author : Stephen Martin
language : en
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Release Date : 2019
Market Failure written by Stephen Martin and has been published by Edward Elgar Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Competition categories.
"The powerful theorems of welfare economics operate under a range of assumptions. Two of the most significant are the existence of competitive markets for all goods and services - including futures markets - and the unbounded rationality of all economic agents who act independently to maximize payoffs. In the contributions collected in this three-volume set, economists come to grips with the consequences of markets falling short of assumptions, as well as the response of institutions to observed market characteristics. Together with an original introduction by the editor, this comprehensive collection will be of interest to economists and policymakers who wish to understand the strengths and limitations of the market mechanism of resource allocation"--
Individual And Social Responsibility
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Author : Victor R. Fuchs
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2008-04-15
Individual And Social Responsibility written by Victor R. Fuchs and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-04-15 with Political Science categories.
Does government spend too little or too much on child care? How can education dollars be spent more efficiently? Should government's role in medical care increase or decrease? In this volume, social scientists, lawyers, and a physician explore the political, social, and economic forces that shape policies affecting human services. Four in-depth studies of human-service sectors—child care, education, medical care, and long-term care for the elderly—are followed by six cross-sector studies that stimulate new ways of thinking about human services through the application of economic theory, institutional analysis, and the history of social policy. The contributors include Kenneth J. Arrow, Martin Feldstein, Victor Fuchs, Alan M. Garber, Eric A. Hanushek, Christopher Jencks, Seymour Martin Lipset, Glenn Loury, Roger G. Noll, Paul M. Romer, Amartya Sen, and Theda Skocpol. This timely study sheds important light on the tension between individual and social responsibility, and will appeal to economists and other social scientists and policymakers concerned with social policy issues.
Policy And Choice
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Author : William J. Congdon
language : en
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Release Date : 2011
Policy And Choice written by William J. Congdon and has been published by Brookings Institution Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Business & Economics categories.
Argues that public finance--the study of the government's role in economics--should incorporate principles from behavior economics and other branches of psychology.
Equity And Well Being
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Author : Hyun Hwa Son
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-04-03
Equity And Well Being written by Hyun Hwa Son and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-03 with Business & Economics categories.
Equity is an abstract concept covering philosophical issues such as fairness and social justice, making its definition and measurement complex. This volume tackles these complexities head-on. The book is enriched with many empirical analyses and provides a comprehensive analysis of equity ranging from concepts and measurements to empirical illustrations and policy implications. After an extensive discussion on equity in the introduction, this volume begins with a chapter on well-being where the concepts of functioning and capability are discussed. This is followed by a few chapters on what an equitable distribution is and how equity can be measured. The volume then provides a definition and a methodology to measure equitable growth, examining the relationship between growth, inequality, and poverty. It also presents various empirical illustrations and country-specific experiences with three country case studies which assess whether publicly provided health and education services are equitable in developing Asia, examining the extent to which these social services favor the poor as well as the policy challenges to a more equitable delivery of these services. Finally, these country studies provide evidence–based policy recommendations to improve equity in social service delivery in developing countries. Achieving social equity has long been an important policy goal. There are relatively few studies on equity. This book aims to help fill this gap with an in-depth analysis of the issues associated with equity, covering its concept, measurement, and policy practices and implications.