TY - GEN AU - Guha, Subrata AU - Jain, Satish K. AU - Subramanian, S. TI - Themes in economic analysis: theory, policy and measurement SN - 9781138191334 U1 - 330 PY - 2017/// CY - New Delhi PB - Routledge KW - Jain, Satish K KW - Sociological aspects KW - Economics N1 - Table of Contents: Part I: Institutions and Efficiency 1. Market Failures: Almost Always? 2. Encompassing Interests, Regionalism and Public Investment 3. Bribe Chains in a Police Administration 4. Notes towards Rationality and Institutions Part II: Choice and Values 5. Characterization of a Second-Best Rationalizable Choice Function with General Domain 6. Domain Condition for Quasi-Transitive Rationalizability Part III: Law and Economics 7. Existence and Efficiency of Equilibria: When Care is Multi-Dimensional 8. On the Efficiency of (1,2)-Incremental Liability Rules: Some Results 9. On Breach Remedies: Contracting with Bilateral Selfish Investment and Two-Sided Private Information Part IV: Stratagems and Private Gains 10. Auctions with Ceilings 11. Corruption in Union Leadership Part V: Development and Policy 12. Alternative Models for Structural Change and Unbalanced Growth 13. Public Expansion of Higher Education and a Dynamic Todaro Paradox Part VI: Social and Economic Measurement 14. On a Family of Indices for Envy in Situations of Income Inequality 15. On a Distance Function-Based Inequality Measure in the Spirit of the Bonferroni and Gini Indices 16. Vulnerability to Poverty: An Expected Poverty Index 17. On Literacy Rankings Part VII: Epilogue 18. The Stability of Binary Social Decision Rules N2 - This book covers diverse themes, including institutions and efficiency, choice and values, law and economics, development and policy, and social and economic measurement. Written in honour of the distinguished economist Satish K. Jain, this compilation of essays should appeal not only to students and researchers of economic theory but also to those interested in the design and evaluation of institutions and policy. https://www.routledge.com/Themes-in-Economic-Analysis-Theory-policy-and-measurement/Guha-Kundu-Subramanian/p/book/9781138887978 ER -