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9780072374056

Public Finance

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    9780072374056

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    0072374055

  • Edition: 6th
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2001-06-01
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin
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Summary

"Public Finance"--while continuing to follow an innovative approach that is both theoretical and empirical--is now completely updated to reflect major changes in its key topics. New or revised information includes explanations of the Social Security trust fund, a new section on the alternative minimum tax (AMT), possible links between the corporation tax and high-profile scandals such as Enron, and more.. .

Author Biography

Harvey S. Rosen is the John L. Weinberg Professor of Economics and Business Policy at Princeton University.

Table of Contents

Part One: Getting Started

1. Introduction

2. Tools of Positive Analysis

3. Tools of Normative Analysis

Part Two: Analysis of Public Expenditure

4. Public Goods

5. Externalities

6. Political Economy

7. Income Redistribution: Conceptual Issues

8. Expenditure Programs for the Poor

9. Social Insurance I: Social Security and Unemployment Insurance

10. Social Insurance II: Health Care

11. Cost Benefit Analysis

Part Three: A Framework for Tax Analysis

12. Taxation and Income Distribution

13. Taxation and Efficiency

14. Efficient and Equitable Taxation

Part Four: The United States Revenue System

15. The Personal Income Tax

16. Personal Taxation and Behavior

17. The Corporation Tax

18. Deficit Finance

19. Taxes on Consumption and Wealth

Part Five: Multigovernment Public Finance

20. Public Finance in Federal System

Appendix: Some Basic Microeconomics

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