A New Approach to the Economics of Public Goods

ISBN-13: 9780367321048 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 86 str.

Thomas Laudal

Opis

The book opens with a brief introduction to common conceptions of public goods and a review of the existing literature on public goods.This has implications for the discourse on public goods and for our understanding of the societal and environmental impact of public goods.

Spis treści

1. Introduction. 2. The economic literature on public goods.  3. Advantages of studying public goods with reference to a utility-layer and a supply-layer.  4. The value-added process linking the utility-layer and the supply-layer.  5. Descriptive and predictive value of a multi-layered approach to public goods.  6. Public good trends.  7 A multi-layered approach to public goods.

O autorze

Thomas Laudal is Associate Professor of international business strategy at the University of Stavanger Business School, Norway.