Download or read book Market Failure Or Success written by Tyler Cowen and published by Edward Elgar Pub. This book was released on 2002 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent years have seen the development of new theories of market failure based on asymmetric information and network effects. According to the new paradigm, we can expect substantial failure in the markets for labor, credit, insurance, software, new technologies and even used cars, to give but a few examples. This volume brings together the key papers on the subject, including classic papers by Joseph Stiglitz, George Akerlof and Paul David.