Public finance

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Explains how the tools of economics can be used to analyze government expenditure and tax policies. Incorporating developments, this title provides students with a view of the role of government spending and taxation. It emphasizes the links between economics and the analysis of real-world policy problems.

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Title Statements

Full title :Public finance / Harvey S. Rosen, Ted Gayer.

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Publication Date:2010.
Edition:9th ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):McGraw-Hill/Higher Education
Place of Publication:Boston, MA
Language:eng
Publication Date:2010.

The Physical Object

Description:xxii, 595 pages : : illustrations ; : 27 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780073511351, 0073511358, 9780071267885, 0071267883
oclc:ocn320803630
LC Classification:HJ257.2
Dewey Decimal:336.73

Introduction -- Tools of positive analysis -- Tools of normative analysis -- Public goods -- Externalities -- Political economy -- Education -- Cost-benefit analysis -- The Health care market -- Government and the market for health care -- Social security -- Income redistribution: conceptual issues -- Expenditure programs for the poor -- Taxation and income distribution -- Taxation and efficiency -- Efficient and equitable taxation -- The personal income tax -- Personal taxation and behavior -- Deficit finance -- Fundamental tax reform: taxes on consumption and wealth -- Public finance in a federal system.

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