Government Failure versus Market Failure Microeconomics Policy Research and Government Performance

Foreword

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction

2. Methodological Perspective

3. Market Power: Antitrust Policy and Economic Regulation

4. Social Regulation: Imperfect Information and Externalities

5. Public Production

6. Policies to Correct Market Failures: Synthesis and Assessment

7. Market Failure and Social Goals Policies: Common Failures and Conflicts

8. Policy Recommendations Motivated by Policymakers' Learning

9. Microeconomics Policy Research and the Policy Community

References

Index