Jevons's Applications of Utilitarian Theory to Economic Policy

Utilitas ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 281-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra J. Peart
Keyword(s):  
Economic Policy ◽  
Policy Analysis ◽  
Marginal Utility ◽  
Precise Nature ◽  
Utilitarian Theory

The precise nature of W. S. Jevons's utilitarianism as a guiding rule for economic policy has yet to be investigated, and that will be the first issue treated in this paper. While J. A. Schumpeter, for instance, asserted that ‘some of the most prominent exponents of marginal utility’ (including Jevons), were ‘convinced utilitarians’, he did not investigate the further implications for Jevons's policy analysis.

The Cambridge multisectoral dynamic odel: An instrument for national economic policy analysis

1980 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 319-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry Barker ◽  
Vani Borooah ◽  
Rick van der Ploeg ◽  
Alan Winters
Keyword(s):  
Economic Policy ◽  
Policy Analysis ◽  
National Economic ◽  
National Economic Policy

scholarly journals Building Bridges between Structural and Program Evaluation Approaches to Evaluating Policy

2010 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 356-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
James J Heckman
Keyword(s):  
Economic Policy ◽  
Program Evaluation ◽  
Policy Analysis ◽  
Structural Approach ◽  
Third Way ◽  
Evaluation Approach ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
Evaluation Approaches

This paper compares the structural approach to economic policy analysis with the program evaluation approach. It offers a third way to do policy analysis that combines the best features of both approaches. I illustrate the value of this alternative approach by making the implicit economics of LATE explicit, thereby extending the interpretability and range of policy questions that LATE can answer. (JEL C21, E61)

Vella Pillay: Revolutionary Activism and Economic Policy Analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 149-165
Author(s):  
Vishnu Padayachee ◽  
John Sender
Keyword(s):  
Economic Policy ◽  
Policy Analysis
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