...associated with Criterion Incorporated in San Diego. R. Robert Russell is a professor of economics and director of the CV Starr Center for Applied Economics at New York University. The authors wish to acknowledge the helpful comments of Bruno Stein, Haig Nalbantian, and the conference...

...to secure funding and to fill out a roster of participants. Indeed, under the administrative aegis of the CV Starr Center for Applied Economics at New York University and with the support of the Liberty Fund, Inc., of Indianapolis, the plan for a conference blossomed...

...Prize in Economic Science in 1970. Andrew Schotter is associate professor of economics and co-director of the CV Starr Center for Applied Economics at New York University. Robert J. Smith is senior environmental consultant at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Charles...

...musical expression in Mozart's instrumental works. WILLIAM J. BAUMOL is Professor of Economics and Director of the CV Starr Center for Applied Economics at New York University. Though well known for his work on welfare economics and its applications, he has also written studies...

...Hills, Michigan, printed and bound the book, using permanent acid-free paper. William J. Baumol is Director of the CV Starr Center for Applied Economics at New York University and Professor Emeritus at Princeton University. The author or coauthor of more than two dozen books,...

...Australia. Austria. Canada, the Netherlands. New Zealand. Norway and Switzerland. WILLIAM J. BAIMOL is director of the CV Starr Center for Applied Economics at New York University. This article is based on a longer paper to be published by the American Philosophical Society. Although...

...project and excellent editorial assistance. Steven J. Brams is pleased to acknowledge the assistance of the CV Starr Center for Applied Economics at New York University, and Alan D. Taylor the assistance of the National Science Foundation under grant DMS-9101830. Introduction...

...cap proposal for the regulation of postage rates. First, to introduce myself, I should note that I am Director of the CV Starr Center for Applied Economics at New York University and professor emeritus at Princeton University. I have over three decades of experience on issues of...

...politics to pose as defender of the poor by declaring high prices illegal, " says William J. Baumol, the director of the CV Starr Center for Applied Economics at New York University. "I expect politicians to try to solve the AIDS crisis by declaring AIDS illegal as well. That would...

...organization. The process of mechanism design is therefore different from the The financial assistance of the CV Starr Center for Applied Economics at New York University is gratefully acknowledged, as is the technical assistance of Ken Rogoza. The author would also like...