From the rear cover
Increasing returns to scale is an area in economics that has recently attracted much attention. The commodities produced with technology exhibiting increasing returns constitute an important component of economic activity in a modern economy. They are typically commodities produced either by a public sector or, as in the United States, by regulated utilities. The central issue in this book addresses how to manage the public, or regulated, sector of the economy in order to achieve efficient resource allocation while maintaining the advantages of a decentralized market mechanism within the private sector. Quinzii's novel approach lies in the analysis of increasing returns by consistently using the framework of general equilibrium theory. This approach permits the welfare implications of pricing policies in the public sector without neglecting to take into account the interactions between production in the public and in the private sector, an important component of these being the effects on the distribution of income created by the need to finance the public sector. A significant contribution of this work is its analysis of the problem of financing the public sector in a way in which it is acceptable not only to individual agents but also to all sub-groups of agents as well. The discussion and exposition of key ideas have been kept as intuitive as possible, with simple examples and a geometric approach to illustrate basic points and to motivate the readers' own intuition. While based on the research of the author, the work draws extensively on recent literature on increasing returns. Quinzii has made a special effort to relate the latest developments in the field of increasing returnswith earlier economic literature, in particular the marginal price cost pricing controversy of the 1940s.
Details
- Title Increasing Returns & Efficiency
- Author Martine Quinzii
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition Fi
- Pages 176
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford
- Date 1993-01-07
- ISBN 9780195065534 / 0195065530
- Weight 1.02 lbs (0.46 kg)
- Dimensions 8.48 x 7.14 x 0.67 in (21.54 x 18.14 x 1.70 cm)
- Reading level 1500
- Library of Congress subjects Government business enterprises - Costs -
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 91016900
- Dewey Decimal Code 350.009
More Copies for Sale
Increasing Returns and Efficiency
by Quinzii, Martine
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780195065534 / 0195065530
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Cooperstown, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
£4.86£6.07 shipping to USA
Show Details
Increasing Returns and Efficiency
by Quinzii, Martine
- Used
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780195065534 / 0195065530
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Mishawaka, Indiana, United States
- Item Price
-
£6.34FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
Increasing Returns and Efficiency
by Martine Quinzii
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780195065534 / 0195065530
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
- Item Price
-
£6.38FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
Increasing Returns and Economic Efficiency
by Quinzii, Martine
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780195065534 / 0195065530
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Hyattsville, Maryland, United States
- Item Price
-
£7.69£4.05 shipping to USA
Show Details
Increasing Returns and Efficiency
by Quinzii, Martine
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used: Good
- Edition
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780195065534 / 0195065530
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
HOUSTON, Texas, United States
- Item Price
-
£9.26FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
Increasing Returns and Economic Efficiency
by Martine Quinzii
- New
- Hardcover
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780195065534 / 0195065530
- Quantity Available
- 5
- Seller
-
Southport, Merseyside, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
£38.25£9.95 shipping to USA
Show Details
Increasing Returns and Efficiency
by Quinzii, Martine
- New
- Hardcover
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780195065534 / 0195065530
- Quantity Available
- 5
- Seller
-
campbelltown, Florida, United States
- Item Price
-
£42.08FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
Increasing Returns and Efficiency
by Quinzii, Martine
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used:Good
- Edition
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780195065534 / 0195065530
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
HOUSTON, Texas, United States
- Item Price
-
£54.85FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
Increasing Returns & Efficiency
by Martine Quinzii
- New
- Hardcover
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780195065534 / 0195065530
- Quantity Available
- 533
- Seller
-
Uxbridge, Greater London, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
£94.45£7.99 shipping to USA