Advancing public goods edited by Jean-Philippe Touffut.

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Cournot Centre for Economic Studies. Conference (6th : 2003 : Paris, France)

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Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Cournot Centre for Economic Studies seriesPublication details: Cheltenham, U.K. ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, c2006.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 170 p.) : illISBN:

1845427181 (hardback : cased)
184542719X (pbk.)
9781845427184 (hardback)
9781845427191 (pbk.)
9781847201843 (ebook)

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DDC classification:

306.3 TOU

Contents:

1. Public goods : a positive analysis / Inge Kaul -- 2. For-profit, state and non-profit : how to cut the pie among the three sectors / Avner Ben-Ner -- 3. Services of general interest in a competitive multinational space / Philippe Herzog -- 4. Funding public services in Europe : state banks or public-private partnerships (PPPs)? / Patrick Artus -- 5. New public institutional design / Xavier Greffe -- 6. Knowledge as global public good : production conditions and preconditions / Claude Henry -- 7. Global public goods and global finance : does global governance ensure that the global public interest is served? / Joseph E. Stiglitz.

Summary: The studies cover topics in the conceptualization, classification and stratification of public goods. Also examined are public institutional design, global economic institutions and partnership typologies. Individual papers address the financing, regulatory, organizational and legal aspects relating to services of general interest in Europe. The dynamics of global public good production, including monopolies, patents, scientific uncertainty and market failures, are discussed. Empirical research on the state, profit and non-profit sectors is presented. Providing numerous examples of specific public goods, the contributions also highlight the impact of macroeconomic policies on provision. The book presents a broad diversity of new approaches to global public goods within the framework of mixed economies, beyond the standard economic analysis of public services.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
General Books	CUTN Central Library Social Sciences	Non-fiction	306.3 TOU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		43227

A collection of papers presented at the sixth conference of the Cournot Centre for Economic Studies, "Public Sector, Private Sector: New National and International Frontiers," held on 2-3 October 2003.

The studies cover topics in the conceptualization, classification and stratification of public goods. Also examined are public institutional design, global economic institutions and partnership typologies. Individual papers address the financing, regulatory, organizational and legal aspects relating to services of general interest in Europe. The dynamics of global public good production, including monopolies, patents, scientific uncertainty and market failures, are discussed. Empirical research on the state, profit and non-profit sectors is presented. Providing numerous examples of specific public goods, the contributions also highlight the impact of macroeconomic policies on provision. The book presents a broad diversity of new approaches to global public goods within the framework of mixed economies, beyond the standard economic analysis of public services.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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