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Working Papers
2012
- Increasing Returns, Land Use Controls and Housing Prices
Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics
2011
- Gender Division of Labor and Alimony
Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics
- Happiness Is Absolute, Universal, Ultimate, Unidimensional, Cardinally Measurable and Interpersonally Comparable: A Basis for the Environmentally Responsible Happy Nation Index
Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics
2009
- A General Method to Create Lorenz Models
Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics
2008
- FINITE LIFE EXPECTANCY AND THE AGE-DEPENDENT VALUE OF A STATISTICAL LIFE
Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics
2007
- Duality in an Industry with Fluctuating Demand
Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics View citations (1)
See also Journal Article in Annals of Economics and Finance (2007)
- REVISITING THE ORDERED FAMILY OF LORENZ CURVES
Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics View citations (2)
- The Flocking Strategy and Vertical Disintegration
Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics
2004
- Average-cost Pricing, Increasing Returns, and Optimal Output in a Model With Home and Market Production
Econometric Society 2004 Australasian Meetings, Econometric Society View citations (1)
- The different consumption functions of products and product differentiation
Econometric Society 2004 Australasian Meetings, Econometric Society View citations (1)
2000
- The Optimal Size of Public Spending and the Distortionary Cost of Taxation
Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics View citations (19)
1999
- Specialization, Information, and Growth: A Sequential Equilibrium Analysis
Working Papers, Chicago - Graduate School of Business
Also in CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University (1999) View citations (1)
See also Journal Article in Review of Development Economics (1997)
1997
- A case for Happiness, Cardinalism, and Interpersonal Comparability
Departmental Working Papers, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Economics View citations (48)
See also Journal Article in Economic Journal (1997)
- The Welfare Economics of Encouraging More Births
Departmental Working Papers, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Economics View citations (1)
1995
- Non-Trade Goods and the Welfare Gains from Tourism: Comment
Working Papers, School of Economics, La Trobe University
Also in Working Papers, School of Economics, La Trobe University (1995)
See also Journal Article in International Review of Economics & Finance (1995)
- Quantity Precommitment and Bertrand Competition Yield Cournot Outcomes: A Case with Product Differentiation
Working Papers, School of Economics, La Trobe University
Also in Working Papers, School of Economics, La Trobe University (1995)
See also Journal Article in Australian Economic Papers (1997)
- When Do Increased Property Values Compensate Preexisting People for Cost Increases Induced by Newcomers?
Working Papers, School of Economics, La Trobe University
Also in Working Papers, School of Economics, La Trobe University (1995)
1993
- A Case for Cardinal Utility and Aritrary Choice of Commodity Units
Working Papers, New South Wales - School of Economics View citations (3)
- Pursuit of Relative Utility in General Competitive Equilibrium
Working Papers, New South Wales - School of Economics
- Pursuite of Relative Conspicuous Consumption in Monopolistic Competition
Working Papers, New South Wales - School of Economics
- Tourism, economic welfare and efficient pricing
Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics View citations (6)
1992
- Immigration and Economic Welfare: Resource and Enviromnental Aspects
Working Papers, School of Economics, La Trobe University
Also in Working Papers, School of Economics, La Trobe University (1992)
See also Journal Article in The Economic Record (1993)
1991
- 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 View citations (1)
- The Benefits and Costs of Tourism: An Economic Perspective
Working Papers, School of Economics, La Trobe University
Also in Working Papers, School of Economics, La Trobe University (1991)
1984
- Interpersonal level comparability implies comparability of utility differences
Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics View citations (1)
Undated
- 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 View citations (1)
Journal Articles
2011
- A GENERAL METHOD FOR CREATING LORENZ CURVES
Review of Income and Wealth, 2011, 57, (3), 561-582
2009
- A new ordered family of Lorenz curves with an application to measuring income inequality and poverty in rural China
China Economic Review, 2009, 20, (2), 218-235
- The age-dependent value of time: a life cycle analysis
Journal of Economics, 2009, 97, (3), 233-250 View citations (1)
- Why Is a Financial Crisis Important? The Significance of the Relaxation of the Assumption of Perfect Competition
International Journal of Business and Economics, 2009, 8, (2), 91-114
2008
- Environmentally Responsible Happy Nation Index: Towards an Internationally Acceptable National Success Indicator
Social Indicators Research, 2008, 85, (3), 425-446 View citations (5)
- Happiness Studies: Ways to Improve Comparability and Some Public Policy Implications
The Economic Record, 2008, 84, (265), 253-266 View citations (5)
- Why is the Military Draft Common? Conscription and Increasing Returns
Annals of Economics and Finance, 2008, 9, (2), 373-384
2007
- Average-cost Pricing, Increasing Returns, and Optimal Output: Comparing Home and Market Production
Journal of Economics, 2007, 90, (2), 167-192 View citations (2)
- Duality in an Industry with Fluctuating Demand
Annals of Economics and Finance, 2007, 8, (2), 229-250 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper (2007)
- ECONOMICS OF ENDOGENOUS SPECIALIZATION: INTRODUCTION
Pacific Economic Review, 2007, 12, (1), 63-67 View citations (1)
- Eternal Coase and external costs: A case for bilateral taxation and amenity rights
European Journal of Political Economy, 2007, 23, (3), 641-659
- 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
- Do the Economies of Specialization Justify the Work Ethics? A Further Examination of Buchanan's Hypothesis
Annals of Economics and Finance, 2006, 7, (2), 385-403
- INTRODUCTION
Division of Labor & Transaction Costs (DLTC), 2006, 01, (02), 99-103
- MY ACQUAINTANCE WITH XIAOKAI
Division of Labor & Transaction Costs (DLTC), 2006, 01, (02), 211-212
- Population Dynamics and Animal Welfare: Issues Raised by the Culling of Kangaroos in Puckapunyal
Social Choice and Welfare, 2006, 27, (2), 407-422
- 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
- YANG'S MODERN CLASSICAL ECONOMICS OF SPECIALISATION AND ITS IMPLICATIONS
Economic Papers, 2006, 25, (2), 101-105
2005
- DIVISION OF LABOUR AND TRANSACTION COSTS: AN INTRODUCTION
Division of Labor & Transaction Costs (DLTC), 2005, 01, (01), 1-13
- INCREASING RETURNS AND THE SMITH DILEMMA
The Singapore Economic Review (SER), 2005, 50, (sp), 407-416 View citations (1)
- Policy Implications of Behavioural Economics: With Special Reference to the Optimal Level of Public Spending
Australian Economic Review, 2005, 38, (3), 298-306
2004
- Increasing returns and economic organization: introduction
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2004, 55, (2), 129-136
- Multiple Equilibria and Interfirm Macro-Externality: An Analysis of Sluggish Real Adjustment
Annals of Economics and Finance, 2004, 5, (1), 61-77
- OPTIMAL TAXATION ON MIXED DIAMOND GOODS: IMPLICATIONS FOR PRIVATE CAR OWNERSHIP IN CHINA
Pacific Economic Review, 2004, 9, (4), 293-306 View citations (1)
- Optimal Environmental Charges/Taxes: Easy to Estimate and Surplus-yielding
Environmental & Resource Economics, 2004, 28, (4), 395-408 View citations (2)
- Sustainable development: a problem of environmental disruption now instead of intertemporal ethics
Sustainable Development, 2004, 12, (3), 150-160 View citations (1)
2003
- 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
- Comparative statics without total differentiation of the first-order conditions
Economics Letters, 2003, 78, (2), 161-166
- 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 View citations (3)
- Exclusion of self evaluations in peer ratings: An impossibility and some proposals
Social Choice and Welfare, 2003, 20, (3), 443-456 View citations (2)
- From preference to happiness: Towards a more complete welfare economics
Social Choice and Welfare, 2003, 20, (2), 307-350 View citations (27)
- 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 View citations (1)
2001
- Attitude choice, economic change, and welfare
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2001, 45, (3), 279-291 View citations (4)
- Income disparities in the transition of China: reducing negative effects by dispelling misconceptions
Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, 2001, 9, (1), 55-68
- Is Public Spending Good for You?
World Economics, 2001, 2, (2), 1-17
- Wanted: Measures of Economic Change
World Economics, 2001, 2, (2), 191-196 View citations (1)
- Welfare-reducing growth despite individual and government optimization
Social Choice and Welfare, 2001, 18, (3), 497-506 View citations (10)
2000
- Quantity Precommitment and Bertrand Competition Yield Cournot Outcomes: A Case with Product Differentiation: Reply
Australian Economic Papers, 2000, 39, (1), 113-19
- The measurement of structural differences between economies: An axiomatic characterization
Economic Theory, 2000, 16, (2), 313-321 View citations (3)
1999
- Intra-firm Branch Competition for a Monopolist
Australian Economic Papers, 1999, 38, (3), 238-49
- The Effect of Number and Size of Interest Groups on Social Rent Dissipation
Public Choice, 1999, 101, (3-4), 251-65 View citations (3)
- Utility, informed preference, or happiness: Following Harsanyi's argument to its logical conclusion
Social Choice and Welfare, 1999, 16, (2), 197-216 View citations (19)
1997
- A Case for Happiness, Cardinalism, and Interpersonal Comparability
Economic Journal, 1997, 107, (445), 1848-58 View citations (82)
See also Working Paper (1997)
- Quantity Precommitment and Bertrand Competition Yield Cournot Outcomes: A Case with Product Differentiation
Australian Economic Papers, 1997, 36, (68), 14-22 View citations (4)
See also Working Paper (1995)
- Specialization, Information, and Growth: A Sequential Equilibrium Analysis
Review of Development Economics, 1997, 1, (3), 257-74 View citations (3)
See also Working Paper (1999)
1996
- Happiness surveys: Some comparability issues and an exploratory survey based on just perceivable increments
Social Indicators Research, 1996, 38, (1), 1-27 View citations (37)
1995
- 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)
- Population Growth and the Benefits from Optimally Priced Externalities
Australian Economic Papers, 1995, 34, (64), 113-19
- RELATIVE INCOME AND DIAMOND EFFECTS: A CASE FOR BURDEN FREE TAXES AND HIGHER PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
Economic Papers, 1995, 14, (4), 29-33
- Theory of the firm and structure of residual rights
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1995, 26, (1), 107-128 View citations (13)
- Work quality and optimal pay structure: Piece vs. hourly rates in employee remuneration
Economics Letters, 1995, 47, (3-4), 409-416
1993
- Immigration and Economic Welfare: Resource and Environmental Aspects
The Economic Record, 1993, 69, (206), 259-73 View citations (3)
See also Working Paper (1992)
- 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 View citations (1)
- Mixed diamond goods and anomalies in consumer theory: Upward-sloping compensated demand curves with unchanged diamondness
Mathematical Social Sciences, 1993, 25, (3), 287-293 View citations (3)
- 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 (29)
- The International Diffusion of the Fruits of Technical Progress
International Economic Review, 1993, 34, (2), 381-85 View citations (1)
1992
- Business Confidence and Depression Prevention: A Mesoeconomic Perspective
American Economic Review, 1992, 82, (2), 365-71 View citations (7)
- Business confidence and depression prevention: A micro-macroeconomic perspective
Mathematical Social Sciences, 1992, 25, (1), 65-86
- Do individuals optimize in intertemporal consumption/savings decisions? A liberal method to encourage savings
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1992, 17, (1), 101-114 View citations (2)
- Optimal Investment in Urban Drainage: A Framework for Cost-Benefit Analysis
Australian Economic Review, 1992, 25, (3), 19-28
- The older the more valuable: Divergence between utility and dollar values of life as one ages
Journal of Economics, 1992, 55, (1), 1-16 View citations (3)
1991
- ARE THERE VALID ECONOMIC GROUNDS FOR RESTRICTING IMMIGRATION?
Economic Papers, 1991, 10, (1), 71-76
- 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
1990
- Welfarism and Utilitarianism: A Rehabilitation
Utilitas, 1990, 2, (02), 171-193 View citations (4)
1989
- 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 (2)
- Economic Efficiency versus Egalitarian Rights: A Response
Kyklos, 1989, 42, (2), 261-63
- What Should We Do About Future Generations?
Economics and Philosophy, 1989, 5, (02), 235-253 View citations (13)
1988
- Economic Efficiency versus Egalitarian Rights
Kyklos, 1988, 41, (2), 215-37 View citations (2)
- Is a Dollar a Dollar? A Response
Oxford Economic Papers, 1988, 40, (3), 584-86
1987
- "Political Distortions" and the Relevance of Second and Third-Best Theories
Public Finance = Finances publiques, 1987, 42, (1), 137-45 View citations (1)
- 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 (20)
- Equity, Efficiency and Financial Viability: Public-Utility Pricing with Special Reference to Water Supply
Australian Economic Review, 1987, 20, (3), 21-35 View citations (4)
- Relative-Income Effects and the Appropriate Level of Public Expenditure
Oxford Economic Papers, 1987, 39, (2), 293-300 View citations (37)
- The Role of Economists and Third-Best Policies
Public Finance = Finances publiques, 1987, 42, (1), 152-55
1986
- Social criteria for evaluating population change: An alternative to the Blackorby-Donaldson criterion
Journal of Public Economics, 1986, 29, (3), 375-381 View citations (21)
1985
- Equity and Efficiency vs. Freedom and Fairness: An Inherent Conflict
Kyklos, 1985, 38, (4), 495-516 View citations (1)
1984
- Quasi-Pareto Social Improvements
American Economic Review, 1984, 74, (5), 1033-50 View citations (10)
- The response of aggregate demand to income, money supply, and price level
Journal of Macroeconomics, 1984, 6, (3), 357-363
1983
- Individualistic social welfare functions under ordinalism: a reply to Mayston
Mathematical Social Sciences, 1983, 4, (3), 305-307 View citations (2)
- Macroeconomics with Non-Perfect Competition: Tax Cuts and Wage Increases
Australian Economic Papers, 1983, 22, (41), 431-47
- Rents and Pecuniary Externalities in Cost-Benefit Analysis: Comment
American Economic Review, 1983, 73, (5), 1163-70 View citations (1)
1982
- A Micro-Macroeconomic Analysis Based on a Representative Firm
Economica, 1982, 49, (194), 121-39 View citations (5)
- Macroeconomics with Non-Perfect Competition: A Reply
Economic Journal, 1982, 92, (367), 706-07
- The incompatibility of individualism and ordinalism
Mathematical Social Sciences, 1982, 3, (1), 33-37 View citations (2)
1981
- Bentham or Nash? On the Acceptable Form of Social Welfare Functions
The Economic Record, 1981, 57, (158), 238-50 View citations (5)
- Incomes Policies: Conditions for Voluntary Compliance
The Manchester School of Economic & Social Studies, 1981, 49, (2), 111-28
- 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
- Macroeconomics with Non-Perfect Competition
Economic Journal, 1980, 90, (3593), 598-610 View citations (10)
- Money and Happiness: First Lesson in Eudaimonology?
Kyklos, 1980, 33, (1), 161-63 View citations (1)
- Optimal Corrective Taxes or Subsidies When Revenue Raising Imposes an Excess Burden
American Economic Review, 1980, 70, (4), 744-51 View citations (13)
- Toward eudaimonology: notes on a quantitative framework for the study of happiness
Mathematical Social Sciences, 1980, 1, (1), 51-68
1979
- An Integrated Model of Income Determination and Distribution
Bulletin of Economic Research, 1979, 31, (1), 54-60
- The Importance of Being Honest
The Economic Record, 1979, 55, (148), 41-46 View citations (3)
1978
- Economic Growth and Social Welfare: The Need for a Complete Study of Happiness
Kyklos, 1978, 31, (4), 575-87 View citations (11)
- Optimal Club Size: A Reply
Economica, 1978, 45, (180), 407-10 View citations (1)
1977
- Again on Externalities and Liability Rules: A Reply
The Economic Record, 1977, 53, (144), 542-44
- Aggregate Demand, Business Expectation, and Economic Recovery without Aggravating Inflation
Australian Economic Papers, 1977, 16, (28), 130-40 View citations (2)
- Competition, Monopoly and the Incentive to Invent: A Reply
Australian Economic Papers, 1977, 16, (28), 154-56
- More on Social Welfare Functions: The Incompatibility of Individualism and Ordinalism
Economica, 1977, 44, (173), 89-90 View citations (2)
- The Cambridge Controversy in Capital Theory: A Reply
Australian Economic Papers, 1977, 16, (28), 151-53
- Towards a Theory of Third-Best
Public Finance = Finances publiques, 1977, 32, (1), 1-15 View citations (2)
1976
- On the Existence of Social Welfare Functions, Social Orderings and Social Decision Functions
Economica, 1976, 43, (169), 59-66 View citations (13)
1975
- Bentham or Bergson? Finite Sensibility, Utility Functions and Social Welfare Functions
Review of Economic Studies, 1975, 42, (4), 545-69 View citations (13)
- Coase's Theorem and First-Party-Priority Rule: Reply
The Economic Record, 1975, 51, (134), 272-74
- Non-Economic Activities, Indirect Externalities, and Third-Best Politics
Kyklos, 1975, 28, (3), 507-25
- Tariffs and Declining-Cost Industries: A Comment
Economica, 1975, 42, (166), 207-08
- The Paradox of Universal Externality
Journal of Economic Theory, 1975, 10, (2), 258-264
1974
- A Note on Consumption Sharing and Non-exclusion Rules
Economica, 1974, 41, (164), 446-50 View citations (4)
- Harcourt's Survey of Capital Theory
The Economic Record, 1974, 50, (129), 119-29
- Oligopolistic Interdependence and the Revenue Maximization Hypothesis-Note
Journal of Industrial Economics, 1974, 22, (3), 227-33
- Optimal Pricing with a Budget Constraint-The Case of the Two-part Tariff
Review of Economic Studies, 1974, 41, (3), 337-45 View citations (15)
- The Economic Theory of Clubs: Optimal Tax/Subsidy
Economica, 1974, 41, (163), 308-21 View citations (3)
- 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
- Utility and Profit Maximization by an Owner-Manager: Towards a General Analysis
Journal of Industrial Economics, 1974, 23, (2), 97-108 View citations (1)
1973
- Income Distribution as a Peculiar Public Good: The Paradox of Redistribution and the Paradox of Universal Externality
Public Finance = Finances publiques, 1973, 28, (1), 1-10
- Optimal Terms of Foreign Assistance: Comment
Journal of Political Economy, 1973, 81, (2), 488-90
- The Economic Theory of Clubs: Pareto Optimality Conditions
Economica, 1973, 40, (159), 291-98 View citations (7)
1972
- Monopoly, X-Efficiency and the Measurement of Welfare Loss
Economica, 1972, 39, (155), 301-08 View citations (5)
- On the Microeconomics of Stagflation
South African Journal of Economics, 1972, 40, (4), 285-286
- Optimal Taxes and Pricing: Comment
American Economic Review, 1972, 62, (1), 173-74
- Pareto Conditions, Behavioural Rules, and the Theory of Second Best
Australian Economic Papers, 1972, 11, (18), 124-25
- Step-Optimization, Secondary Constraints, and Giffen Goods
Canadian Journal of Economics, 1972, 5, (4), 553-60 View citations (1)
- The Bergson Social Welfare Function with Externality
The Economic Record, 1972, 48, (124), 517-26
- Value Judgments and Economists' Role in Policy Recommendation
Economic Journal, 1972, 82, (327), 1014-18 View citations (3)
1971
- A Note on "Some Cambridge Controversies in the Theory of Capital."
Journal of Economic Literature, 1971, 9, (1), 68-69
- Competition, Monopoly, and the Incentive to Invent
Australian Economic Papers, 1971, 10, (16), 45-49 View citations (1)
- Definitions and Welfare Conditions of Public Good: A Rejoinder
Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 1971, 18, (3), 347-49
- Definitions and Welfare Conditions of Public Goods
Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 1971, 18, (2), 199-202
- Little's Welfare Criterion under the Equality Assumptions
The Economic Record, 1971, 47, (120), 579-83
- Public Goods and the Stability of Federalism: An Extension
Kyklos, 1971, 24, (3), 562-63 View citations (1)
- Recent Developments in the Theory of Externality and the Pigovian Solution
The Economic Record, 1971, 47, (118), 169-85 View citations (1)
- The Possibility of a Paretian Liberal: Impossibility Theorems and Cardinal Utility
Journal of Political Economy, 1971, 79, (6), 1397-1402 View citations (2)
1970
- Optimum Saving, Individual Decisions, and the Diminishing Marginal Productivity of Capital
Economic Journal, 1970, 80, (319), 749-52
1969
- A Note on Profit Maximization
Australian Economic Papers, 1969, 8, (12), 106-110
1965
- Why do People Buy Lottery Tickets? Choices Involving Risk and the Indivisibility of Expenditure
Journal of Political Economy, 1965, 73, 530 View citations (26)
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