Public Sector Economics

by Brown, C. V.; Jackson, Peter M.

• ISBN13: 9780631162087
• ISBN10: 0631162089
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1991-01-08
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Since it was first published Public Sector Economics has become the most widely adopted undergraduate textbook in its field. Major revisions have been made to this fourth edition while preserving the central objective of the book, which is to explain the relevant principles and the relationships between public expenditure, taxation and the behaviour of economic agents such as individuals, households and firms.

Author Biography

C.V. Brown is Professor of Economics at the University of Stirling. He is author of The Nigerian Banking System (1966), Taxation and the Incentive to Work (2nd ed 19830 and Unemployment and Inflation (1984), and editor of Economic Principles Appied (1970) and Taxation and Labour Supply (1981).

P. M. Jackson is Professor of Economics and Director of the Public Sector Economics Research Centre at the University of Leicester. He is author of The Political Economy of Bureaucracy (1982) and Implementing Governemnt Policy Initiatives: The Thatcher Administration 1979-1983 (1981) and with S. T. Cook, Current Issues in Fiscal Policy. He edits the annual Public Domain which is published by the Public Finance Foundation.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Scope of Public Sector Economics

The Economic Rationale of the Modern State

The Economic Analysis of Public Goods

Collective Choice

Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Public Expenditure Growth

Public Expenditure and Taxation in the UK

Budgets, Bureaucrats and Efficiency

Project Appraisal

Fiscal Decentralization

Taxation: An Introduction

Partial Equilibrium Analysis of Taxation I: Taxes on Single Industries

Partial Equilibrium Analysis of Taxation II: Modelling the Effects of Tax Policy

General Equilibrium Analysis of Taxation

Optimal Income Taxation

Distribution of Income in the UK

Income Taxation

Income Taxation and the Work/Leisure Choice

Measures to Reduce Poverty

Taxation and the Consumption/Savings Choice

Taxation of Goods and Services

Taxation of Corporations

Taxation of Wealth

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