Information, Incentives and the Economics of Control
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: December 22, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 189
ISBN-13: 9780521022798
Subjects: Economic theory & philosophy; Economics - General; Consumers' preferences; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; Mathematical optimization; Economic History; Business & Economics / Economic History; Business & Economics / Economics / General; Business & Economics-Economic History; Mathematical optimization Mathematical optimi; Economic man
First sentence: It has long been usual to find, at the beginning of a work on welfare economics, a statement to the effect "I adopt the liberal principle that individual preferences are to count: take it or leave it."