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Working Papers

2004

1. Average-cost Pricing, Increasing Returns, and Optimal Output in a Model With Home and Market Production
   Econometric Society 2004 Australasian Meetings, Econometric Society
2. The different consumption functions of products and product differentiation
   Econometric Society 2004 Australasian Meetings, Econometric Society View citations

1999

3. Specialization, Information, and Growth: A Sequential Equilibrium Analysis
   CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University
   Also in
   Working Papers, Chicago - Graduate School of Business (1999)
   See Also Journal Article in Review of Development Economics (1997)

1997

4. A case for Happiness, Cardinalism, and Interpersonal Comparability
   Departmental Working Papers, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Economics View citations
   See Also Journal Article in Economic Journal (1997)
5. The Welfare Economics of Encouraging More Births
   Departmental Working Papers, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Economics

1995

6. Non-Trade Goods and the Welfare Gains from Tourism: Comment
   Working Papers, La Trobe - Department of Economics
   See Also Journal Article in International Review of Economics & Finance (1995)
7. Quantity Precommitment and Bertrand Competition Yield Cournot Outcomes: A Case with Product Diferentiation
   Working Papers, La Trobe - Department of Economics
   See Also Journal Article in Australian Economic Papers (1997)
8. When Do Incresead Property Values Compensate Preexisting People for Cost Increases Induced by Newcomers?
   Working Papers, La Trobe - Department of Economics

1993

9. A Case for Cardinal Utility and Aritrary Choice of Commodity Units
   Working Papers, New South Wales - School of Economics
10. Pursuit of Relative Utility in General Competitive Equilibrium
    Working Papers, New South Wales - School of Economics
11. Pursuite of Relative Conspicuous Consumption in Monopolistic Competition
    Working Papers, New South Wales - School of Economics

1991

12. Efficiency Versus Equality: the Case for Aggregate Compensating Variations in Cost-Benefit Analysis
    The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), University of Warwick, Department of Economics

Undated

13. Divergence between Utility and Dollar Values of Life as One Ages: Solving the Parish Paradox and Raising Perplexing Policy Issues
    Discussion Paper Serie A, University of Bonn, Germany

Journal Articles

2008

1. Happiness Studies: Ways to Improve Comparability and Some Public Policy Implications
   The Economic Record, 2008, 84, (265), 253-266

2007

2. Average-cost Pricing, Increasing Returns, and Optimal Output: Comparing Home and Market Production
   Journal of Economics, 2007, 90, (2), 167-192
3. ECONOMICS OF ENDOGENOUS SPECIALIZATION: INTRODUCTION
   Pacific Economic Review, 2007, 12, (1), 63-67
4. Eternal Coase and external costs: A case for bilateral taxation and amenity rights
   European Journal of Political Economy, 2007, 23, (3), 641-659
5. INDIRECT PRICING THEORY OF THE FIRM: A GENERAL-EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS INVOLVING PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT SERVICE
   Pacific Economic Review, 2007, 12, (1), 129-148

2006

6. INTRODUCTION
   Division of Labor & Transaction Costs (DLTC), 2006, 01, (02), 99-103
7. MY ACQUAINTANCE WITH XIAOKAI
   Division of Labor & Transaction Costs (DLTC), 2006, 01, (02), 211-212
8. Population Dynamics and Animal Welfare: Issues Raised by the Culling of Kangaroos in Puckapunyal
   Social Choice and Welfare, 2006, 27, (2), 407-422
9. SOME POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS AND HAPPINESS STUDIES FOR SINGAPORE: WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO CASINOS
   The Singapore Economic Review (SER), 2006, 51, (01), 1-18

2005

10. DIVISION OF LABOUR AND TRANSACTION COSTS: AN INTRODUCTION
    Division of Labor & Transaction Costs (DLTC), 2005, 01, (01), 1-13
11. INCREASING RETURNS AND THE SMITH DILEMMA
    The Singapore Economic Review (SER), 2005, 50, (sp), 407-416
12. Policy Implications of Behavioural Economics: With Special Reference to the Optimal Level of Public Spending
    Australian Economic Review, 2005, 38, (3), 298-306

2004

13. Increasing returns and economic organization: introduction
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2004, 55, (2), 129-136
14. OPTIMAL TAXATION ON MIXED DIAMOND GOODS: IMPLICATIONS FOR PRIVATE CAR OWNERSHIP IN CHINA
    Pacific Economic Review, 2004, 9, (4), 293-306
15. Optimal Environmental Charges/Taxes: Easy to Estimate and Surplus-yielding
    Environmental & Resource Economics, 2004, 28, (4), 395-408

2003

16. Appropriate discounting of future utilities need not be the dictatorship of the present: A note on Chichilnisky
    Social Choice and Welfare, 2003, 21, (1), 113-116
17. Comparative statics without total differentiation of the first-order conditions
    Economics Letters, 2003, 78, (2), 161-166
18. Do the economies of specialization justify the work ethics?: An examination of Buchanan's hypothesis
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2003, 50, (3), 339-353
19. Exclusion of self evaluations in peer ratings: An impossibility and some proposals
    Social Choice and Welfare, 2003, 20, (3), 443-456
20. From preference to happiness: Towards a more complete welfare economics
    Social Choice and Welfare, 2003, 20, (2), 307-350 View citations
21. Global environmental protection: solving the international public-goods problem by empowering the United Nations through cooperation with WTO
    International Journal of Global Environmental Issues, 2003, 3, (4), 409-417

2001

22. Attitude choice, economic change, and welfare
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2001, 45, (3), 279-291
23. Is Public Spending Good for You?
    World Economics, 2001, 2, (2), 1-17
24. Wanted: Measures of Economic Change
    World Economics, 2001, 2, (2), 191-196 View citations
25. Welfare-reducing growth despite individual and government optimization
    Social Choice and Welfare, 2001, 18, (3), 497-506 View citations

2000

26. Income disparities in the transition of China: reducing negative effects by dispelling misconceptions
    Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, 2000, 9, (1), 55-68
27. Quantity Precommitment and Bertrand Competition Yield Cournot Outcomes: A Case with Product Differentiation: Reply
    Australian Economic Papers, 2000, 39, (1), 113-19
28. research articles: The measurement of structural differences between economies: An axiomatic characterization
    Economic Theory, 2000, 16, (2), 313-321

1999

29. Intra-firm Branch Competition for a Monopolist
    Australian Economic Papers, 1999, 38, (3), 238-49
30. The Effect of Number and Size of Interest Groups on Social Rent Dissipation
    Public Choice, 1999, 101, (3-4), 251-65
31. Utility, informed preference, or happiness: Following Harsanyi's argument to its logical conclusion
    Social Choice and Welfare, 1999, 16, (2), 197-216

1997

32. A Case for Happiness, Cardinalism, and Interpersonal Comparability
    Economic Journal, 1997, 107, (445), 1848-58 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1997)
33. Quantity Precommitment and Bertrand Competition Yield Cournot Outcomes: A Case with Product Differentiation
    Australian Economic Papers, 1997, 36, (68), 14-22 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1995)
34. Specialization, Information, and Growth: A Sequential Equilibrium Analysis
    Review of Development Economics, 1997, 1, (3), 257-74
    See Also Working Paper (1999)

1995

35. Non-traded goods and the welfare gains from tourism: comment
    International Review of Economics & Finance, 1995, 4, (3), 305-309
    See Also Working Paper (1995)
36. Population Growth and the Benefits from Optimally Priced Externalities
    Australian Economic Papers, 1995, 34, (64), 113-19
37. Theory of the firm and structure of residual rights
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1995, 26, (1), 107-128 View citations
38. Work quality and optimal pay structure: Piece vs. hourly rates in employee remuneration
    Economics Letters, 1995, 47, (3-4), 409-416

1993

39. Immigration and Economic Welfare: Resource and Environmental Aspects
    The Economic Record, 1993, 69, (206), 259-73 View citations
40. Interest-Rate Parity and Divergence of Views on Exchange-Rate Changes: An Upward-Sloping Supply Curve of Funds Even for a Small Country
    Australian Economic Papers, 1993, 32, (61), 272-83
41. Mixed diamond goods and anomalies in consumer theory: Upward-sloping compensated demand curves with unchanged diamondness
    Mathematical Social Sciences, 1993, 25, (3), 287-293
42. Relative income, aspiration, environmental quality, individual and political myopia: Why may the rat-race for material growth be welfare-reducing?
    Mathematical Social Sciences, 1993, 26, (1), 3-23 View citations
43. The International Diffusion of the Fruits of Technical Progress
    International Economic Review, 1993, 34, (2), 381-85

1992

44. Business Confidence and Depression Prevention: A Mesoeconomic Perspective
    American Economic Review, 1992, 82, (2), 365-71 View citations
45. Business confidence and depression prevention: A micro-macroeconomic perspective
    Mathematical Social Sciences, 1992, 25, (1), 65-86
46. Do individuals optimize in intertemporal consumption/savings decisions? A liberal method to encourage savings
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1992, 17, (1), 101-114
47. Optimal Investment in Urban Drainage: A Framework for Cost-Benefit Analysis
    Australian Economic Review, 1992, 25, (3), 19-28

1991

48. Should a 'Natural Monopolist' Be Subject to Competition?: With Special Reference to Cellular Mobile Telephone Services in Australia
    Australian Economic Review, 1991, 24, (2), 32-44

1989

49. Diamonds Are a Government's Best Friend: Burden-Free Taxes on Goods Valued for Their Values: Reply
    American Economic Review, 1989, 79, (5), 1289-90 View citations
50. Economic Efficiency versus Egalitarian Rights: A Response
    Kyklos, 1989, 42, (2), 261-63

1988

51. Economic Efficiency versus Egalitarian Rights
    Kyklos, 1988, 41, (2), 215-37
52. Is a Dollar a Dollar? A Response
    Oxford Economic Papers, 1988, 40, (3), 584-86

1987

53. Diamonds Are a Government's Best Friend: Burden-Free Taxes on Goods Valued for Their Values
    American Economic Review, 1987, 77, (1), 186-91 View citations
54. Equity, Efficiency and Financial Viability: Public-Utility Pricing with Special Reference to Water Supply
    Australian Economic Review, 1987, 20, (3), 21-35
55. Relative-Income Effects and the Appropriate Level of Public Expenditure
    Oxford Economic Papers, 1987, 39, (2), 293-300 View citations

1986

56. Social criteria for evaluating population change: An alternative to the Blackorby-Donaldson criterion
    Journal of Public Economics, 1986, 29, (3), 375-381 View citations

1985

57. Equity and Efficiency vs. Freedom and Fairness: An Inherent Conflict
    Kyklos, 1985, 38, (4), 495-516

1984

58. Quasi-Pareto Social Improvements
    American Economic Review, 1984, 74, (5), 1033-50 View citations
59. The response of aggregate demand to income, money supply, and price level
    Journal of Macroeconomics, 1984, 6, (3), 357-363

1983

60. Individualistic social welfare functions under ordinalism: a reply to Mayston
    Mathematical Social Sciences, 1983, 4, (3), 305-307 View citations
61. Macroeconomics with Non-Perfect Competition: Tax Cuts and Wage Increases
    Australian Economic Papers, 1983, 22, (41), 431-47
62. Rents and Pecuniary Externalities in Cost-Benefit Analysis: Comment
    American Economic Review, 1983, 73, (5), 1163-70 View citations

1982

63. A Micro-Macroeconomic Analysis Based on a Representative Firm
    Economica, 1982, 49, (194), 121-39
64. Macroeconomics with Non-Perfect Competition: A Reply
    Economic Journal, 1982, 92, (367), 706-07
65. The incompatibility of individualism and ordinalism
    Mathematical Social Sciences, 1982, 3, (1), 33-37 View citations

1981

66. Bentham or Nash? On the Acceptable Form of Social Welfare Functions
    The Economic Record, 1981, 57, (158), 238-50 View citations
67. Incomes Policies: Conditions for Voluntary Compliance
    The Manchester School of Economic & Social Studies, 1981, 49, (2), 111-28
68. Welfarism: A Defence against Sen's Attack [Personal Utilities and Public Judgements: Or What's Wrong with Welfare Economics]
    Economic Journal, 1981, 91, (362), 527-30

1980

69. Macroeconomics with Non-Perfect Competition
    Economic Journal, 1980, 90, (3593), 598-610
70. Money and Happiness: First Lesson in Eudaimonology?
    Kyklos, 1980, 33, (1), 161-63
71. Optimal Corrective Taxes or Subsidies When Revenue Raising Imposes an Excess Burden
    American Economic Review, 1980, 70, (4), 744-51 View citations
72. Toward eudaimonology: notes on a quantitative framework for the study of happiness
    Mathematical Social Sciences, 1980, 1, (1), 51-68

1979

73. An Integrated Model of Income Determination and Distribution
    Bulletin of Economic Research, 1979, 31, (1), 54-60
74. The Importance of Being Honest
    The Economic Record, 1979, 55, (148), 41-46 View citations

1978

75. Economic Growth and Social Welfare: The Need for a Complete Study of Happiness
    Kyklos, 1978, 31, (4), 575-87 View citations
76. Optimal Club Size: A Reply
    Economica, 1978, 45, (180), 407-10

1977

77. Again on Externalities and Liability Rules: A Reply
    The Economic Record, 1977, 53, (144), 542-44
78. Aggregate Demand, Business Expectation, and Economic Recovery without Aggravating Inflation
    Australian Economic Papers, 1977, 16, (28), 130-40
79. Competition, Monopoly and the Incentive to Invent: A Reply
    Australian Economic Papers, 1977, 16, (28), 154-56
80. More on Social Welfare Functions: The Incompatibility of Individualism and Ordinalism
    Economica, 1977, 44, (173), 89-90 View citations
81. The Cambridge Controversy in Capital Theory: A Reply
    Australian Economic Papers, 1977, 16, (28), 151-53

1976

82. On the Existence of Social Welfare Functions, Social Orderings and Social Decision Functions
    Economica, 1976, 43, (169), 59-66 View citations

1975

83. Bentham or Bergson? Finite Sensibility, Utility Functions and Social Welfare Functions
    Review of Economic Studies, 1975, 42, (4), 545-69 View citations
84. Coase's Theorem and First-Party-Priority Rule: Reply
    The Economic Record, 1975, 51, (134), 272-74
85. Non-Economic Activities, Indirect Externalities, and Third-Best Politics
    Kyklos, 1975, 28, (3), 507-25
86. Tariffs and Declining-Cost Industries: A Comment
    Economica, 1975, 42, (166), 207-08
87. The Paradox of Universal Externality
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1975, 10, (2), 258-264

1974

88. A Note on Consumption Sharing and Non-exclusion Rules
    Economica, 1974, 41, (164), 446-50 View citations
89. Harcourt's Survey of Capital Theory
    The Economic Record, 1974, 50, (129), 119-29
90. Oligopolistic Interdependence and the Revenue Maximization Hypothesis-Note
    Journal of Industrial Economics, 1974, 22, (3), 227-33
91. Optimal Pricing with a Budget Constraint-The Case of the Two-part Tariff
    Review of Economic Studies, 1974, 41, (3), 337-45 View citations
92. The Economic Theory of Clubs: Optimal Tax/Subsidy
    Economica, 1974, 41, (163), 308-21
93. The Neoclassical and the Neo-Marxist-Seynesian Theories of Income Distribution: A Non-Cambridge Contribution to the Cambridge Controversy in Capital Theory
    Australian Economic Papers, 1974, 13, (22), 124-32
94. Utility and Profit Maximization by an Owner-Manager: Towards a General Analysis
    Journal of Industrial Economics, 1974, 23, (2), 97-108 View citations

1973

95. Optimal Terms of Foreign Assistance: Comment
    Journal of Political Economy, 1973, 81, (2), 488-90
96. The Economic Theory of Clubs: Pareto Optimality Conditions
    Economica, 1973, 40, (159), 291-98 View citations

1972

97. Monopoly, X-Efficiency and the Measurement of Welfare Loss
    Economica, 1972, 39, (155), 301-08
98. On the Microeconomics of Stagflation
    South African Journal of Economics, 1972, 40, (4), 285-286
99. Optimal Taxes and Pricing: Comment
    American Economic Review, 1972, 62, (1), 173-74
100. Pareto Conditions, Behavioural Rules, and the Theory of Second Best
     Australian Economic Papers, 1972, 11, (18), 124-25
101. Step-Optimization, Secondary Constraints, and Giffen Goods
     Canadian Journal of Economics, 1972, 5, (4), 553-60
102. The Bergson Social Welfare Function with Externality
     The Economic Record, 1972, 48, (124), 517-26
103. Value Judgments and Economists' Role in Policy Recommendation
     Economic Journal, 1972, 82, (327), 1014-18 View citations

1971

104. A Note on "Some Cambridge Controversies in the Theory of Capital."
     Journal of Economic Literature, 1971, 9, (1), 68-69
105. Competition, Monopoly, and the Incentive to Invent
     Australian Economic Papers, 1971, 10, (16), 45-49
106. Definitions and Welfare Conditions of Public Good: A Rejoinder
     Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 1971, 18, (3), 347-49
107. Definitions and Welfare Conditions of Public Goods
     Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 1971, 18, (2), 199-202
108. Little's Welfare Criterion under the Equality Assumptions
     The Economic Record, 1971, 47, (120), 579-83
109. Public Goods and the Stability of Federalism: An Extension
     Kyklos, 1971, 24, (3), 562-63
110. Recent Developments in the Theory of Externality and the Pigovian Solution
     The Economic Record, 1971, 47, (118), 169-85
111. The Possibility of a Paretian Liberal: Impossibility Theorems and Cardinal Utility
     Journal of Political Economy, 1971, 79, (6), 1397-1402 View citations

1970

112. Optimum Saving, Individual Decisions, and the Diminishing Marginal Productivity of Capital
     Economic Journal, 1970, 80, (319), 749-52

1969

113. A Note on Profit Maximization
     Australian Economic Papers, 1969, 8, (12), 106-110

1965

114. Why do People Buy Lottery Tickets? Choices Involving Risk and the Indivisibility of Expenditure
     Journal of Political Economy, 1965, 73, 530 View citations