Chander / Drèze / Lovell Public Goods, Environmental Externalities and Fiscal Competition

Selected Papers on Competition, Efficiency, and Cooperation in Public Economics by Henry Tulkens
1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-387-25534-7
Verlag: Springer-Verlag
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 588 Seiten

The 22 papers in this volume illustrate the itinerary of Henry Tulkens on the occasion of his retirement from teaching. The volume presents contemporary analysis of Tulkens' classic papers on public sector economics. The collection is structured in four parts: I. Decentralized resource allocation processes for public and private goods - II. Environment, public goods and externalities - III. Efficiency analysis - IV. Fiscal competition and optimality.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chander, Parkash

Drèze, Jacques

Lovell, C.Knox

Mintz, Jack

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Table of Contents;6
2;Foreword;9
3;List of co-authors;13
4;Acknowledgments;14
5;PART I DECENTRALISED RESOURCE ALLOCATION PROCESSES FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE GOODS;16
5.1;INTRODUCTION;18
5.2;Chapter 1 DYNAMIC PROCESSES FOR PUBLIC GOODS: AN INSTITUTION- ORIENTED SURVEY;23
5.3;Chapter 2 SURPLUS-SHARING LOCAL GAMES IN DYNAMIC EXCHANGE PROCESSES;63
5.4;Chapter 3 EXCHANGE PROCESSES, THE CORE AND COMPETITIVE ALLOCATIONS;77
5.5;Chapter 4 COMMODITY EXCHANGES AS GRADIENT PROCESSES;94
6;PART II ENVIRONMENT, PUBLIC GOODS AND EXTERNALITIES;109
6.1;INTRODUCTION;112
6.2;Chapter 5 AN ECONOMIC MODEL OF INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATIONS RELATING TO TRANSFRONTIER POLLUTION;117
6.3;Chapter 6 THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF NEGOTIATIONS AND COST SHARING IN TRANSFRONTIER POLLUTION PROBLEMS;132
6.4;Chapter 7 THE ACID RAIN GAME AS A RESOURCE ALLOCATION PROCESS, WITH APPLICATION TO NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN FINLAND, RUSSIA AND ESTONIA;144
6.5;Chapter 8 THE CORE OF AN ECONOMY WITH MULTILATERAL ENVIRONMENTAL EXTERNALITIES;162
6.6;Chapter 9 A CORE-THEORETIC SOLUTION FOR THE DESIGN OF COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS ON TRANSFRONTIER POLLUTION;185
6.7;Chapter 10 THE KYOTO PROTOCOL: AN ECONOMIC AND GAME THEORETIC INTERPRETATION;202
6.8;Chapter 11 SIMULATING COALITIONALLY STABLE BURDEN SHARING AGREEMENTS FOR THE CLIMATE CHANGE PROBLEM;223
6.9;Chapter 12 TRANSFERS TO SUSTAIN DYNAMIC CORE- THEORETIC COOPERATION IN INTERNATIONAL STOCK POLLUTANT CONTROL;256
7;PART III EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS;280
7.1;INTRODUCTION;283
7.2;Chapter 13 MEASURING LABOR-EFFICIENCY IN POST OFFICES;289
7.3;Chapter 14 ON FDH EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS: SOME METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES AND APPLICATIONS TO RETAIL BANKING, COURTS AND URBAN TRANSIT;314
7.4;Chapter 15 ASSESSING AND EXPLAINING THE PERFORMANCE OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES: SOME RECENT EVIDENCE FROM THE PRODUCTIVE EFFICIENCY VIEWPOINT;346
7.5;Chapter 16 NON- FRONTIER MEASURES OF EFFICIENCY, PROGRESS AND REGRESS FOR TIME SERIES DATA;376
7.6;Chapter 17 NONPARAMETRIC EFFICIENCY, PROGRESS AND REGRESS MEASURES FOR PANEL DATA: METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS;398
7.7;Chapter 18 EFFICIENCY DOMINANCE ANALYSIS (EDA): BASIC METHODOLOGY;433
8;PART IV FISCAL COMPETITION AND OPTIMALITY;445
8.1;INTRODUCTION;447
8.2;Chapter 19 COMMODITY TAX COMPETITION BETWEEN MEMBER STATES OF A FEDERATION: EQUILIBRIUM AND EFFICIENCY;451
8.3;Chapter 20 ON PARETO IMPROVING COMMODITY TAX CHANGES UNDER FISCAL COMPETITION;492
8.4;Chapter 21 OPTIMALITY PROPERTIES OF ALTERNATIVE SYSTEMS OF TAXATION OF FOREIGN CAPITAL INCOME;508
8.5;Chapter 22 TAX INTERACTION DYNAMICS AMONG BELGIAN MUNICIPALITIES 1984– 1997;534
9;BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HENRY TULKENS ( THROUGH 2004);558
10;AUTHOR INDEX;569
11;SUBJECT INDEX;574