Public economics and the quality of life
Wingo, Lowdon.
Public economics and the quality of life [electronic resource] / Lowdon Wingo and Alan Evans. - New York : RFF Press, 2011. - xv, 327 p. - Resources for the future library collection. Urban and regional economics ; v. 6 .
First published in 1977 by The Johns Hopkins University Press for Resources for the Future--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Objective, subjective, and collective dimensions of the quality of life / Lowdon Wingo -- 2. Variations in the quality of urban life among cities and regions / Irving Hoch -- 3. The urban disamenity revisited / John R. Meyer and Robert A. Leone -- 4. Problems of measuring the quality of city environments / Michael Whitbread -- 5. Local government, the property tax, and the quality of life : some findings on progressivity / Bruce W. Hamilton -- 6. Justifiable government intervention in preserving the quality of life / David W. Pearce -- 7. The quality of life and the limits of cost-benefit analysis / A.J. Culyer -- 8. Property values and the benefits of environmental improvements : theory and measurement / A. Mitchell Polinsky and Daniel L. Rubinfeld -- 9. Estimating access values / Peter Bohm -- 10. Neighborhood externalities, economic clubs, and the environment / Alan Evans -- 11. The treatment of externalities in national income statistics / Mancur Olson -- 12. Conceptions of the quality of life in theory and practice / David Donnison -- 13. Toward a new civic calculus / Edwin T. Haefele -- 14. Measuring the quality of life of the elderly / Alan Williams -- 15. Reflections on the quality of working life / Herbert C. Morton.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9781315064635 (e-book : PDF)
Externalities (Economics)
Environmental policy.
Public goods.
Cities and towns.
Electronic books.
Public economics and the quality of life [electronic resource] / Lowdon Wingo and Alan Evans. - New York : RFF Press, 2011. - xv, 327 p. - Resources for the future library collection. Urban and regional economics ; v. 6 .
First published in 1977 by The Johns Hopkins University Press for Resources for the Future--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Objective, subjective, and collective dimensions of the quality of life / Lowdon Wingo -- 2. Variations in the quality of urban life among cities and regions / Irving Hoch -- 3. The urban disamenity revisited / John R. Meyer and Robert A. Leone -- 4. Problems of measuring the quality of city environments / Michael Whitbread -- 5. Local government, the property tax, and the quality of life : some findings on progressivity / Bruce W. Hamilton -- 6. Justifiable government intervention in preserving the quality of life / David W. Pearce -- 7. The quality of life and the limits of cost-benefit analysis / A.J. Culyer -- 8. Property values and the benefits of environmental improvements : theory and measurement / A. Mitchell Polinsky and Daniel L. Rubinfeld -- 9. Estimating access values / Peter Bohm -- 10. Neighborhood externalities, economic clubs, and the environment / Alan Evans -- 11. The treatment of externalities in national income statistics / Mancur Olson -- 12. Conceptions of the quality of life in theory and practice / David Donnison -- 13. Toward a new civic calculus / Edwin T. Haefele -- 14. Measuring the quality of life of the elderly / Alan Williams -- 15. Reflections on the quality of working life / Herbert C. Morton.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9781315064635 (e-book : PDF)
Externalities (Economics)
Environmental policy.
Public goods.
Cities and towns.
Electronic books.