Policy Analysis and Economics
David . Ed(S): Weimer
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Description for Policy Analysis and Economics
Hardback. Editor(s): Weimer, David. Series: Recent Economic Thought. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 518.
Long before policy analysis emerged as a separate profession with its own graduate schools, economists offered advice about government policies. Positive economics provides the tools for predicting the impacts of prop osed policies; normative economics, especially welfare theory, offers a framework for valuing the impacts of policies in terms of efficiency and simple notions of equity. With the expansion of economic theory into ever wider fields of human behavior, it is no wonder that economists have prominence as teachers and practitioners of policy analysis. Indeed, many economists see policy analysis as essentially applied economics. Though other social scientists might object ... Read more
Long before policy analysis emerged as a separate profession with its own graduate schools, economists offered advice about government policies. Positive economics provides the tools for predicting the impacts of prop osed policies; normative economics, especially welfare theory, offers a framework for valuing the impacts of policies in terms of efficiency and simple notions of equity. With the expansion of economic theory into ever wider fields of human behavior, it is no wonder that economists have prominence as teachers and practitioners of policy analysis. Indeed, many economists see policy analysis as essentially applied economics. Though other social scientists might object ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
213
Condition
New
Series
Recent Economic Thought
Number of Pages
213
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792391548
SKU
V9780792391548
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99-15
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