Public Sector Economics. (2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Names: Tresch, Richard W
• Contents: Cover; Contents; Preface; Acnowledgements; PART I: INTRODUCTION; 1 The Foundations of Public Sector Theory; 2 Market Failures; 3 The Fundamental Theorems of Welfare Economics; Appendix: Variable Factor Supplies; PART II: PUBLIC EXPENDITURE THEORY AND POLICY; 4 The Social Welfare Function and the Quest for Distributive Justice; 5 Applying the Social Welfare Function; 6 Externalities: Theoretical Issues; 7 Externalities: Policy Considerations; 8 Nonexclusive Goods; 9 Decreasing Cost Services: the Natural Monopolies; 10 U.S. Transfer Payments: the Public Choice Perspective. 11 Practical Issues in Designing Transfers to the Poor12 Social Insurance: Social Security; PART III: TAX THEORY AND POLICY; 13 The Pursuit of Equity in Taxation; 14 Applying Ability-to-Pay Principles: Federal Personal Income Tax; 15 Taxes and Inefficiency: the Excess Burden of Taxation; 16 The Trade-off Between Equity and Efficiency in Taxation; 17 Taxes, Transfers, and Private Information; 18 Tax Incidence: Theoretical Issues; 19 Tax Incidence: Applications; Appendix: CRS, Unequal Factor Intensities, and the Production Possibilities Frontier; PART IV: COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS. 20 Cost-Benefit AnalysisPART V: FISCAL FEDERALISM; 21 Fiscal Federalism: the Assignment of Functions among Governments; 22 Efficiency and Equity Issues with Mobile Resources; 23 Grants-in-Aid; Epilogue: A New Behavioral Public Sector Economics?; Notes; References; Index.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 336; Finance, Public -- Developed countries; Finance, Public -- Developed countries; Economic policy; Finance, Public; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Public Finance; Developed countries -- Economic policy; Developed countries; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1137059737; 9781137059734
• Related ISBNs: 0230522238; 9780230522237
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
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