Issues in economic theory and public policy : essays in honour of Professor Tapas Majumdar / edited by Amitava Bose, Mihir Rakshit and Anup Sinha

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Welfare Economics Policy making and social choice pessimism/ Amartya Sen Interest, well being and advantage/ Bhaskar Dutta Working of the market economy Complexities of concrete Walrasian systems/ Mukul Majumdar and Tapan Mitra Rational Choice and the price of money / Amitava Bose Money, credit and government financein a developing economy/ Mihir Rakshit Three aspects of transforming former centrally planned Economies/ Amit Bhaduri Human Capital Brain Drain: a social cost benefit perspective / Alok Ray General versus specialized education: an alternative view Public goods and public policy Voluntary contribution to public goods / Dipankar Dasgupta The economics of enforcement/ Dilip Mookherjee Optimal provision and financing of public goods in a federal state with illustrative empirical evidence/ Ranjan Ray Energy and development: some mavroeconomic constraints for energy planning in India/ Ramprasad Sengupta