Public Economics : Selected Papers by William Vickrey
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Review
'Bill Vickrey is an economist's economist; not only an original and creative theorist but, wonder of wonders, inventor of brilliant ways of applying those theories. While many difficult selection choices had to be made, the best known of Vickrey's pieces - including, for example, the famous 'Counterspeculation, auctions ...', 'Some objections to marginal cost pricing' articles, and the remarkable ' ... New York's subway fare structure' proposal - are all here together with a fine sampling of other valuable contributions. The volume also contains helpful introductions, by an all-star cast of economists, to all the major categories of Vickrey's professional work.' Jack Hirshleifer, University of California, Los Angeles
Book Description
The late Nobel Prize winner William Vickrey was one of the truly important figures in contemporary economics. Over the past fifty-five years he published several books and some 140 papers scattered over many journals. This book offers a thoughtful selection from these papers, organized to bring out the scope as well as the unity of the work. Vickrey had the unique distinction of having contributed, often seminally and always operationally, to all major branches of public economics. This is a fascinating overview of the field and of his life work.
Public Economics : Selected Papers by William Vickrey,William Vickrey,Richard Arnott,Anthony B. Atkinson,Kenneth Arrow,Jacques H. Drèze,Cambridge University Press,0521597633,Business & Economics,Business / Economics / Finance,Business/Economics,Economics - General,Public Finance,Business & Economics / Economics / General,Economics
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