Social Ethics and Normative Economics Essays in Honour of Serge-Chri

This collection of thirteen essays on social ethics and normative economics honouring Serge-Christophe Kolm's seminal contributions to this field addresses the following questions: How should the public sector price its production and services? What are t

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Editor-in-Chief M. Salles, France

Series Editors P.K. Pattanaik, USA K. Suzumura, Japan

For further volumes: http://www.springer.com/series/6869

Serge-Christophe Kolm

Marc Fleurbaey  Maurice Salles John A. Weymark Editors

Social Ethics and Normative Economics Essays in Honour of Serge-Christophe Kolm

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Editors Marc Fleurbaey, Ph.D. Université Paris-Descartes CNRS and CERSES rue des Saints-Pères 45 75006 Paris France [email protected]

Prof. Maurice Salles Université de Caen CREM, UMR-CNRS 6211 14032 Caen Cedex France [email protected]

Prof. John A. Weymark Vanderbilt University Department of Economics VU Station B #351819 2301 Vanderbilt Place Nashville, 37235-1819 Tennessee USA [email protected]

Studies in Choice and Welfare ISSN 1614-0311 ISBN 978-3-642-17806-1 e-ISBN 978-3-642-17807-8 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-17807-8 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2011924347 c Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011  This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover design: eStudio Calamar Steinen Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Preface

The essays in this collection were written to honour our distinguished colleague, Serge-Christophe Kolm. They were presented at a conference on “Social Ethics and Normative Economics” in honour of Serge that was held at the Université de Caen, May 18–19, 2007. This conference received generous financial support from the Association pour le Développement de la Recherche en Economie et en Statistique, the Institut d’Economie Publique, the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, the Centre de Recherche en Economie et Management (UMR-CNRS 6211), the Université de Caen, the région de Basse-Normandie, and the ville de Caen. We are grateful to all of these institutions for their support. Each of the essays has been revised in light of comments received from a referee and from the editors. We would like to thank the scholars who served as referees. We are also grateful to Martina Bihn, our editor at Springer, for her support and encouragement. Last, but not least, we want to express our appreciation to Serge for the assistance he has provided i