PUBLICATIONS UP TO 1985
(more important items are starred) :
A. Book
** Welfare Economics: Introduction and Development of Basic Concepts,
London: Macmillan, 1979, pp. xvi +
332; second edition, 1983.
B. Articles
in Refereed Periodicals up to 1985 (each article is listed once):
i Methodology
* “Value
Judgements and Economists’ Role in Policy
Recommendation”, Economic Journal, September
1972, 1014-1018. Reprinted in W.
Marr and B. Raj, eds., How Economists
Explain - A Reader in Methodology, Washington: University Press of America, 1983.
ii Consumer
Theory
* “Why do People buy Lottery Tickets? Choices involving Risk
and the Indivisibility of Expenditure”, Journal
of Political Economy, October 1965, 530-535.
“An Analysis of Work and Other Constraints on Choices of
Activities: Comment”, Western Economic Journal, June 1971,
226-229.
“Step-Optimization, Secondary Constraints, and Giffen
Goods”, Canadian Journal of Economics,
November 1972, 553-560.
iii Production
Theory and Theory of the Firm
“A Note on Profit Maximization”, Australian Economic Papers, June 1969,
106-110.
“Competition, Monopoly, and the Incentive to
Invent”, Australian Economic Papers,
June 1971, 45-49.
“Factor Market Imperfections, Increasing Marginal
Returns, and Optimum Input Proportions: Comment”, Southern Economic Journal, January 1972, 426-428.
“Oligopolistic Interdependence and the Revenue
Maximization Hypothesis - Note”, Journal
of Industrial Economics, 1974, 227-233, with T.A. Murphy (New England).
“Utility and Profit Maximization by an Owner-Manager: Towards a General
Analysis”, Journal of Industrial Economics,
December 1974, 97-108.
“Competition, Monopoly, and the Incentive to Invent: Reply”, Australian Economic Papers, June 1977,
154-156.
iv Capital
Theory
“A Note on ‘Some Cambridge
Controversies in the Theory of Capital’“, Journal
of Economic Literature, March 1971, 68-69.
“Harcourt’s Survey of Capital Theory: A Review Article”, Economic Record, March 1974, 119-129.
“The Neoclassical and the Neo-Marxist-Keynesian Theories of Income
Distribution”, Australian Economic Papers,
June 1974, 124-132.
“The Cambridge Controversy in Capital Theory: Reply”, Australian Economic Papers, June 1977, 151-153.
v Welfare
Economics
“Optimum Saving, Individual Decisions, and the Diminishing Marginal
Productivity of Capital”, Economic
Journal, September 1970, 749-752.
“Definitions and Welfare Conditions of Public Goods”, Scottish Journal of Political Economy,
June 1971, 199-202.
* “Monopoly, X-Efficiency, and the
Measurement of Welfare Loss”, Economica, August 1972, 301-308, with R. Parish (Monash).
“Public Goods and the Stability of Federalism: An Extension”, Kyklos, September 1971, 526-563.
“Definitions and Welfare Conditions of Public Goods: A Rejoinder”, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, October 1971, 347-349.
“Little’s Welfare Criterion under the Equality
Assumptions”, Economic Record,
December 1971, 579-583.
“Pareto Conditions, Behavioural Rules, and
the Theory of Second Best”, Australian
Economic Papers, June 1972, 124-125.
“Bergson Social Welfare Function with Externality”, Economic Record, December 1972, 517-526.
* “Income
Distribution as a Peculiar Public Good:
The Paradox of Redistribution and the Paradox of Universal Externality”,
Public Finance, 1973, 1-10.
* “The
Economic Theory of Clubs: Pareto
Optimality Conditions”, Economica,
August 1973, 291-298.
“The Economic Theory of Clubs: Optimal Tax/Subsidy”, Economica, August
1974, 309-321.
“A Note on Consumption Sharing and Nonexclusion Rules”, Economica, 1974, 446-450, with R.
D. Tollison (VPI & SU).
* “The
Paradox of Universal Externality”, Journal
of Economic Theory, 1975, 258-264.
** “Towards
a Theory of Third-Best”, Public Finance, 1977, 1-15.
“On Optimal Club Size: Reply”, Economica, November 1978, 407-410.
* “Bentham or Nash? On the Acceptable Form
of Social Welfare Functions”, Economic
Record, 1981, 57: 238-250.
“Welfarism: A Defence Against Sen’s Attack”, Economic Journal, June 1981, 91:
527-530.
“All ‘Ng’ up on Clubs? A ‘Brand-new Flawer’ of Brennan-Flowers”, Public Finance Quarterly, 1981, 9: 75-78.
Welfare Economics: Introduction and Development of Basic
Concepts, 2nd edition, London:
Macmillan, 1983.
“Rents and Pecuniary Externalities in Cost-Benefit
Analysis”, American Economic Review,
December 1983, 73: 1163-1170.
** “Quasi-Pareto
Social Improvements”, American Economic
Review, December 1984, 74(5):1033-1050.
http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.lib.monash.edu.au/stable/pdfplus/560.pdf
* “Expected
Subjective Utility: Is the
Neumann-Morgenstern Utility the Same as the Neoclassical’s?”, Social Choice and
Welfare, 1984, 177-186.
* “Interpersonal
Level Comparability Implies Comparability of Utility Differences”, Theory and Decision, 1984, 141-147.
* “Some
Fundamental Issues in Social Welfare”, in G. Feiwel,
ed., Issues in Contemporary
Microeconomics and Welfare, 1985, London: Macmillan, 435-469.
* “Equity
and Efficiency versus Freedom and Fairness: An Inherent Conflict”, Kyklos, 1985,
495-516.
vi Social
Choice
* “The
Possibility of a Paretian Liberal: Impossibility Theorems and Cardinal
Utility”, Journal of Political Economy,
November-December 1971, 1397-1402. Reprinted in C.K. Rowley,
ed., Social Choice Theory, 1993.
** “Bentham or Bergson? Finite Sensibility, Utility Functions
and Social Welfare Functions”, Review of
Economic Studies, 1975, 545-570.
** “On the Existence of Social Welfare Functions,
Social Orderings, and Social Decisions Functions”, Economica, February 1976, 59-66,
with M. C. Kemp (N.S.W.). Reprinted in Mueller, Dennis C., ed.
The Economics of
Politics. Volume 2. Elgar
Reference Collection. International Library of
Critical Writings in Economics, vol. 131. Cheltenham, U.K. and
Northampton, Mass.: Elgar; distributed by American International Distribution
Corporation, Williston, Vt., 2001; 530-37.
http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.lib.monash.edu.au/stable/pdfplus/2553016.pdf
“More on Social Welfare Functions”, Economica,
February 1977, 89-90, with M. C. Kemp (N.S.W.).
* “Beyond
Pareto Optimality: The Necessity of
Interpersonal Cardinal Utilities in Distributional Judgements
and Social Choice”, Zeitschrift für Nationalökonomie, 1982, 42(3): 207-233.
“The Incompatibility of Individualism and Ordinalism”, Mathematical
Social Sciences, September 1982, 3, 33-37, with M. C. Kemp (N.S.W.).
* “Some
Broader Issues of Social Choice”, in P. K. Pattanaik
and M. Salles, eds., Social Choice and Welfare,
Amsterdam: North Holland, 1983, 151-174.
“Individualistic Social Welfare Functions Under Ordinalism:
A Reply to Mayston”, Mathematical Social Sciences, July 1983, 4, 305-307, with M. C.
Kemp (N.S.W.).
“The Utilitarian Criterion, Finite Sensibility, and the Weak Majority
Principle: A Response”, Social Choice and
Welfare, 1985, 37-38.
vii Public
Economic Policy
* “Recent
Developments in the Theory of Externality and the Pigovian
Solution”, Economic Record, June
1971, 169-185.
“Optimal Taxes and Pricing: Comment”, American Economic Review, March 1972,
173-174.
“Optimum Saving: A Practicable Solution”, Indian Journal of Economics, January 1973, 285-294.
** “Optimal Pricing with Budgetary Constraints: The
Case of the Two-Part Tariff”, Review of
Economic Studies, July 1974, 337-345, with M. Weisser
(New England). Japanese translation, Tokyo Gas Company.
http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.lib.monash.edu.au/stable/pdfplus/2296753.pdf?acceptTC=true
“Coase’s Theorem and
First-Party-Priority Rule: Reply”, Economic
Record, 1975, 272-274.
* “Non-Economic
Activities, Indirect Externalities, and Third-Best Policies”, Kyklos, 1975,
507-525.
“Again on Externalities and Liabilities Rules: A Reply”, Economic Record, December 1977, 542-544.
“The Importance of Being Honest”, Economic Record, March 1979, 41-46, with
M. C. Kemp (N.S.W.).
* “Optimal
Corrective Taxes or Subsidies when Revenue Raising
Imposes Excess Burden”, American Economic
Review, September 1980, 744-751.
“Government Regulation of Industry and the Theory of Third Best”, in B.
A. Twohill, ed., Government
Regulation of Industry, Institute of Industrial Economics, University of
New Castle, N.S.W., 1981, 371-378.
viii International
Economics
“Optimal Terms of Foreign Assistance: Comment”, Journal of Political Economy, March-April 1973, 488-490.
“Tariffs and Declining-Cost Industries: Comment”, Economica, 1975,
207-208.
ix Inflation,
Unemployment, Macroeconomics
“A Note on Truu’s Microeconomics of
Stagflation”, South African Journal of
Economics, December 1972, 399-400.
* “Aggregate Demand, Business
Expectation, and Economic Recovery without Aggravating Inflation”, Australian Economic Papers, June 1977,
130-140.
“An Integrated Model of Income Determination and Distribution”, Bulletin of Economic Research, 1979,
54-66.
** “Macroeconomics
with Non-perfect Competition”, Economic
Journal, September 1980, 598-610.
“Incomes Policies: Conditions for Voluntary
Compliance”, Manchester School, 1981,
49: 111-128.
** “A
Micro-Macroeconomic Analysis Based on a Representative Firm”, Economica, May
1982, 49: 121-139. http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.lib.monash.edu.au/stable/pdfplus/2553302.pdf
“Macroeconomics with Non-perfect Competition: A Reply”, Economic Journal, September 1982, 92:
706-707.
* “Macroeconomics with Non-perfect
Competition: Tax-cuts and Wage Increases”, Australian
Economic Papers, 1983, 22(41), 431-447, with L. McGregor (Monash).
“The Response of Aggregate Demand to Income, Money Supply and Price
Level”, Journal of Macroeconomics, Summer 1984, 357-363.
“A Micro-Macroeconomic Analysis Based on a Representative Firm:
Progress Report”, in G. Feiwel, ed., Issues in Contemporary Macroeconomics and
Distribution, 1985, London: Macmillan, 216-232.
x
Psychology, Studies of Happiness
* “Sub-semiorder:
A Model of Multi-dimensional Choice with Preference Intransitivity”, Journal of Mathematical Psychology, August
1977, 51-59.
* “Economic
Growth and Social Welfare: The Need for a Complete Study of Happiness”, Kyklos, 1978,
575-587. Reprinted in
Easterlin, Richard A., ed. Happiness in Economics. Elgar Reference Collection. International
Library of Critical Writings in Economics, vol. 142. Cheltenham, U.K.
and Northampton, Mass.: Elgar; distributed by American International
Distribution Corporation, Williston, Vt., 2002; 66-77.
“Money and Happiness: First Lesson in Eudaimonology?”, Kyklos, 1980,
161-163.
“Toward Eudaimonology: Notes on a
Quantitative Framework for the Study of Happiness”, Mathematical Social Sciences, 1980, 1(51-58).
xi Philosophy
“My Philosophy”, Repository
(Nanyang University), 1963, 28-43.
“An Argument for Utilitarianism”, Canadian
Journal of Philosophy, June 1981, 11: 229-239, with Peter Singer (Monash).
“Ng and Singer on Utilitarianism: A Reply”, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, June 1983, 13: 241-242, with Peter
Singer (Monash).