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Inflation, Income Distribution and X-Efficiency Theory A Study Prepared for the International Labour Office...

By Harvey Leibenstein Copyright 1980

    First published in 1980, Inflation, Income Distribution and X-Efficiency Theory presents an exploratory theoretical study of the linkages between income distribution, the degree of X-efficiency, and inflation and the level of employment in the context of developing society. It discusses themes like concept of income distribution; maximization versus non-maximization models; theory of inert areas; microtheory and inflation; monopoly and X-Efficiency theory; contracts, bargaining and inflation; theory of bargaining; survival strategies in the face of inflation; and policy implications of inflation. This book is a must read for students and scholars of macroeconomics and economics in general.

    1.Introduction 2. On Income Distribution 3. X-Efficiency Theory 4. The Importance X-Efficiency Theory for Inflation 5. The Impact of Inflation on Developing Countries 6. Incomplete Contracts, Bargaining and Inflation 7. Bargaining 8. Multiple Position Bargaining Analysis 9. Review and Policy Implications Index

    Biography

    Harvey Leibenstein