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William Vickrey: Contributions to Public Policy

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This article introduces the reader to the full range of William Vickrey's contributions to economics from a public policy perspective. It is organized in similar manner to the book Public Economics: Selected Papers by William Vickrey; it examines Vickrey's public policy contributions to social choice and allocation mechanisms, taxation, marginal-cost pricing, urban transportation, urban economics, and macroeconomic policy.

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Arnott, R. William Vickrey: Contributions to Public Policy. International Tax and Public Finance 5, 93–113 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008672627120

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