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Informationen zum Autor Marc Fleurbaey is Robert E. Kuenne Professor of Economics and Humanistic Studies and Professor of Public Affairs at the Center for Human Values at Princeton University. He has widely published in the field of welfare economics, social choice theory, and public economics.Matthew Adler is Richard A. Horvitz Professor of Law and Professor of Economics, Philosophy, and Public Policy at Duke University. He works at the intersection of law, welfare economics, social choice theory, and normative ethics. Adler previously taught at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and has been a visiting professor at the University of Chicago, Columbia University, and the University of Virginia. Klappentext What are the best tools for designing governmental policy in light of human well-being? The Handbook provides a comprehensive treatment of this topic! drawing on economics! philosophy! and psychology. Zusammenfassung What are the best tools for designing governmental policy in light of human well-being? The Handbook provides a comprehensive treatment of this topic, drawing on economics, philosophy, and psychology. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; Matthew D. Adler and Marc Fleurbaey; PART I: METHODS OF POLICY ASSESSMENT; 2. GDP and Welfare; Paul Schreyer; 3. Cost-Benefit Analysis; Robin Boadway; 4. Inequality and Poverty Measures; Frank A. Cowell; 5. Social Welfare Functions; John A. Weymark; 6. QALY-Based Cost Effectiveness Analysis; Jose Maria Abellan! Carmen Herrero! and Jose-Luis Pinto-Prades; 7. Fair Allocation; William Thomson; 8. Social Ordering Functions; Francois Maniquet; 9. Multidimensional Indicators of Inequality and Poverty; Satya R. Chakravarty and Maria Ana Lugo; 10. Happiness-Based Policy Analysis; Daniel Fujiwara and Paul Dolan; PART II: CONCEPTIONS OF WELL-BEING; 11. Preference-Based Views of Well-Being; Krister Bykvist; 12. Mental-State Approaches to Well-Being; Daniel M. Haybron; 13. Objective Goods; Thomas Hurka; 14. Subjective Well-Being in Psychology; Richard E. Lucas; 15. Subjective Well-Being in Economics; Carol Graham; PART III: MEASURING WELL-BEING: A DEBATE; 16. Equivalent Income; Marc Fleurbaey; 17. Extended Preferences; Matthew D. Adler; 18. SWB as a Measure of Individual Well-Being; Andrew E. Clark; 19. Does the Choice of Well-Being Measure Matter Empirically? An Illustration with German Data; Koen Decancq and Dirk Neumann.; 20. Does Fairness Require a Multidimensional Approach?; Richard Arneson; 21. The Capability Approach; Sabina Alkire; 22. Measuring Poverty: A Proposal; Thomas Pogge and Scott Wisor; 23. Multidimensional Poverty Indices: A Critical Assessment; Jean-Yves Duclos and Luca Tiberti; PART IV: CHALLENGES FOR POLICY ASSESSMENT; 24. Social Evaluation under Risk and Uncertainty; Philippe Mongin and Marcus Pivato.; 25. Individual Responsibility and Equality of Opportunity; Francisco H.G. Ferriera and Vito Peragine.; 26. Welfare Comparisons with Heterogeneous Prices! Consumption! and Preferences; D.S. Prasada Rao; 27: Welfare and the Household; P.A. Chiappori; 28. Preference Inconsistency: A Psychological Perspective; Eldar Shafir; 29. Lifetime Well-Being! Mortality Risk! and Public Policy; Gregory Ponthiere; 30. The Well-Being of Future Generations; John Broome ...
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What are the best tools for designing governmental policy in light of human well-being? The Handbook provides a comprehensive treatment of this topic, drawing on economics, philosophy, and psychology.
