Superfairness : applications and theory / J. Baumol William ; with contributions by Dietrich Fischer.

Preface, ix -- 1. On the theory of fairness versus allocative efficiency, 1 -- 2. Superfairness, 15 -- 3. Superfairness: incremental, partial, and sequential, 51 -- Appendix: notes on the history of faimess theory, 71 -- 4. On Rationing of scarce commodities, 75 -- 5. Compensation of victims of externalities and pricing for conservation, 95 -- 6. Industry pricing and paretian fairness, 111 -- 7. Non-paretian standards of fairness in pricing, 131 -- 8. Peak pricing, congestion, and fairness, 159 -- 9. The Output Distribution Frontier, Taxation, and Equality Goals, 183 -- Appendix: An example proving the discrirninatory frontier need not go through the origin, 199 -- 10. On the reality of economic illusion, 205 -- 11. Further applications and issues of method, 225 -- 12. The arbitrator: fairness incarnate (or: toward resolution of the asymmetry problem), 233 -- Bibliography, 255 -- Index, 263.