1st Edition

Public Investment, the Rate of Return, and Optimal Fiscal Policy

By Kenneth J. Arrow, Mordecai Kruz Copyright 2011
254 Pages
by RFF Press

218 Pages
by RFF Press

This book, co-authored by the Nobel-prized economist, Kenneth Arrow, considers public expenditures in the context of modern growth theory. It analyzes optimal growth with public capital. A theory of 'controllability' is developed and injected into public economics and growth models. Originally published in 1970

Chapter 1 Basic Concepts for the Theory of Public Investment; Chapter 2 Methods of Optimization over Time; Chapter 3 Optimal Investment Planning in a One-Commodity Model; Chapter 4 Optimal Investment in a Two-Sector Model; Chapter 5 Objectives, Markets, and Public Instruments; Chapter 6 Optimal Policy and Controllability with Imperfect Capital Markets; Chapter 7 Consumer Behavior in a Perfect Market; Chapter 8 Controllability of Public Policy in Perfect Capital Markets;

Biography

Arrow, Kenneth J.; Kruz, Mordecai