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9780538478441

Public Finance (with InfoTrac 2-Semester and Economic Applications Printed Access Card)

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  • ISBN13:

    9780538478441

  • ISBN10:

    0538478446

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2011-08-17
  • Publisher: Cengage Learning

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Emphasizing policymaking and policy analysis, PUBLIC FINANCE, 2ND Edition uses a variety of applications to deliver modern treatment of everything from overviews and definitions to analysis of advanced topics. The book evenly addresses local, state, and federal issues, and shows you how to use fiscal federalism as a way to analyze public finance and policies. The author also demonstrates the effects of international concerns on domestic public policy, lacing the text with discussions about the IMF, World Bank, Kyoto Protocol, and many other topics that impact all citizens of the world.

Table of Contents

Economics of the Public Sector
Measurement and Methods in Public Finance
Welfare Economics and Public Goods
Externalities
Income Distribution and Transfer Programs
Collective Decision Making
Program Evaluation: Benefit-Cost Analysis
Government Production and Pricing of Public Goods and Services
Social Insurance Programs
The Structure of Taxes
Efficiency Effects of Taxes and Subsidies
Incentive Effects of Taxation
Equity Aspects of Taxes and Expenditures
Income and Payroll Taxes
The Corporate Income Tax
Sales and Excise Taxes
Property Taxes
Government Budgets, Borrowing, and Deficit Finance
Multilevel Government Finance
The Economics of Local Governments
Policymaking and Policy Analysis
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