Applied Welfare Economics

Edited by Richard E. Just, Distinguished University Professor, University of Maryland, College Park, US, Darrell L. Hueth, Professor, University of Maryland, US and Andrew Schmitz, Professor and Ben Hill Griffin, Jr. Endowed Chair, University of Florida, Research Professor, University of California, Berkeley, US and Adjunct Professor, University of Saskatchewan, Canada

2008 800 pp Hardback 978 1 84720 577 3 ￡195.00 on-line discount ￡175.50

‘In Applied Welfare Economics, the editors have done an outstanding job in putting together classical work that covers the gamut of welfare economics. The topics covered are extraordinarily comprehensive, ranging from theoretical inquiry to policy issues that are of substantial contemporary interest. This work can serve as a standard reference source for researchers, as well a primary or supplemental text for use in graduate courses that focus on issues related to welfare economics. I would highly recommend it for the reader concerned with theoretical and/or methodological issues in applied welfare economics.’ – Ronald Cummings, Georgia State University, US The practical value of intuitive insights provided by innovative scholars drives much of the current development in applied welfare economics. This authoritative volume – prepared by leading researchers in the field – presents the most important articles that provide a foundation for applied welfare economic practices. It also includes those major papers that develop the methodology of applied economic welfare measurement alongside applications in the fields of welfare work. This landmark book will provide students and scholars with a convenient source of reference to the foundations of applied welfare economics.

46 articles, dating from 1938 to 2007 Contributors include: F.M. Bator, D. Brewer, O.R. Burt, O.A. Davis, A.C. Harberger, H. Hotelling, K. Lancaster, R.G. Lipsey, K.-G. Mäler, A.B. Whinston