{"product_id":"the-microeconomics-of-public-policy-analysis-9780691089348","title":"The Microeconomics of Public Policy Analysis","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book shows, from start to finish, how microeconomics can and should be used in the analysis of public policy problems. It is an exciting new way to learn microeconomics, motivated by its application to important, real-world issues. Lee Friedman's modern replacement for his influential 1984 work not only brings the issues addressed into the present but develops all intermediate microeconomic theory to make this book accessible to a much wider audience. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Friedman offers the microeconomic tools necessary to understand policy analysis of a wide range of matters of public concern--including the recent California electricity crisis, welfare reform, public school finance, global warming, health insurance, day care, tax policies, college loans, and mass transit pricing. These issues are scrutinized through microeconomic models that identify policy strengths, weaknesses, and ideas for improvements. Each chapter begins with explanations of several fundamental microeconomic principles and then develops models that use and probe them in analyzing specific public policies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The book has two primary and complementary goals. One is to develop skills of economic policy analysis: to design, predict the effects of, and evaluate public policies. The other is to develop a deep understanding of microeconomics as an analytic tool for application--its strengths and extensions into such advanced techniques as general equilibrium models and pricing methods for natural monopolies and its weaknesses, such as behavioral inconsistencies with utility-maximization models and its limits in comparing institutional alternatives. The result is an invaluable professional and academic reference, one whose clear explanation of principles and analytic techniques, and wealth of constructive applications, will ensure it a prominent place not only on the bookshelves but also on the desks of students and professionals alike.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lee S. Friedman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/09\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 784\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.10h x 7.10w x 1.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691089348\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLee S. Friedman\u003c\/b\u003e is an economist and Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley. A recipient of the David N. Kershaw Award for distinguished public policy research, he is the author of \u003ci\u003eMicroeconomic Policy Analysis\u003c\/i\u003e (McGraw-Hill) and numerous articles in scholarly journals. He is the former editor of the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Policy Analysis and Management\u003c\/i\u003e, the official journal of the \u003ci\u003eAssociation for Public Policy Analysis and Management\u003c\/i\u003e, whose presidency he also held.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40087128998003,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":118.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_3717b9ab-1e4f-4130-993a-ea604d42ff2a.jpg?v=1652538410","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-microeconomics-of-public-policy-analysis-9780691089348","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}