Edited by Donald A. Walker, Professor and Chairperson, Department of Economics, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, US, the late Arnold Heertje, formerly Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands and the late Hans van den Doel, formerly Emeritus Professor of Economics,University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

'This book provides an excellent reference volume by bringing together a collection of this distinguished author's key papers covering analysis of the theory of economic policy and discussion of its definition, character and scope.'

• Contents: Preface Introduction 1. On the Theory of Economic Policy 2. Pareto Optimality: Value Judgement or Analytical Tool? 3. Welfare Economics: The Hennipman–Mishan Debate 4. The Reasoning of a Great Methodologist: Mark Blaug on the Nature of Paretian Welfare Economics 5. Two Kinds of Interpersonal Utility Comparison 6. Distribution in Paretian Welfare Economics 7. Wicksell and Pareto: Their Relationship in the Theory of Public Finance 8. Some Notes on Pareto Optimality and Wicksellian Unanimity 9. A Tale of Two Schools: Comments on a New View of the Ordinalist Revolution 10. Hicks, Robbins and the Demise of Pigovian Welfare Economics: Rectification and Amplification Index

Edited by Donald A. Walker, Professor and Chairperson, Department of Economics, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, US, the late Arnold Heertje, formerly Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands and the late Hans van den Doel, formerly Emeritus Professor of Economics,University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

'This book provides an excellent reference volume by bringing together a collection of this distinguished author's key papers covering analysis of the theory of economic policy and discussion of its definition, character and scope.'

• Contents: Preface Introduction 1. On the Theory of Economic Policy 2. Pareto Optimality: Value Judgement or Analytical Tool? 3. Welfare Economics: The Hennipman–Mishan Debate 4. The Reasoning of a Great Methodologist: Mark Blaug on the Nature of Paretian Welfare Economics 5. Two Kinds of Interpersonal Utility Comparison 6. Distribution in Paretian Welfare Economics 7. Wicksell and Pareto: Their Relationship in the Theory of Public Finance 8. Some Notes on Pareto Optimality and Wicksellian Unanimity 9. A Tale of Two Schools: Comments on a New View of the Ordinalist Revolution 10. Hicks, Robbins and the Demise of Pigovian Welfare Economics: Rectification and Amplification Index

Edited by Donald A. Walker, Professor and Chairperson, Department of Economics, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, US, the late Arnold Heertje, formerly Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands and the late Hans van den Doel, formerly Emeritus Professor of Economics,University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

'This book provides an excellent reference volume by bringing together a collection of this distinguished author's key papers covering analysis of the theory of economic policy and discussion of its definition, character and scope.'

• Contents: Preface Introduction 1. On the Theory of Economic Policy 2. Pareto Optimality: Value Judgement or Analytical Tool? 3. Welfare Economics: The Hennipman–Mishan Debate 4. The Reasoning of a Great Methodologist: Mark Blaug on the Nature of Paretian Welfare Economics 5. Two Kinds of Interpersonal Utility Comparison 6. Distribution in Paretian Welfare Economics 7. Wicksell and Pareto: Their Relationship in the Theory of Public Finance 8. Some Notes on Pareto Optimality and Wicksellian Unanimity 9. A Tale of Two Schools: Comments on a New View of the Ordinalist Revolution 10. Hicks, Robbins and the Demise of Pigovian Welfare Economics: Rectification and Amplification Index