The Allocation of Resources (1978) examines the main problems associated with resource allocation, such as those arising from economies of scale, externalities, short- and long-run market adjustments, and government intervention in various sectors of the economy.
1. Introduction
2. Optimal Allocation and Economic Welfare
3. Changes in
Welfare
4. The Distribution of Income and Wealth
5. Public Utility Pricing
and Investment
6. Factor Indivisibilities, Size and Efficiency in the Private
Sector
7. Problems of Adjustment
8. Externalities and Public Goods
9.
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Kenneth D. George and John Shorey