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Economics of public finance : an economic analysis of government expenditure and revenue in the United Kingdom /
The latest edition of this valuable book updates all previous material and incorporates much new material. It includes a consideration of the problems of and methods for controlling public spending, the relative merits of income tax and a direct expenditure tax, the changes required in the income ta...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York :
Pergamon Press,
1984.
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| Edición: | Third edition. |
| Colección: | Pergamon international library of science, technology, engineering, and social studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Economics of Public Finance; Copyright Page; Preface and Acknowledgements to Third Edition; Table of Contents; Introduction; CHAPTER 1. The Economic Role of Government; The Price System; Deficiencies and Alleged Deficiencies of the Price System; State Intervention in the Economy; CHAPTER 2. The Growth of Public Expenditure; Measuring Government Expenditure; Changes in the Content of Expenditure; Theories of Government Expenditure; Reasons for Growth in Government Spending; CHAPTER 3. Control of Government Expenditure; The Problem; Traditional Methods of Control; Plowden and After.
- Executive Control at Macro-Level: P.E.S.C. Executive Control-Programmes and Projects; Cost-Benefit Analysis; P.P.B.S.; Parliamentary Control; Assessment of Developments Since Plowden; CHAPTER 4. Economic Aspects of Government Expenditure; Defence; The National Debt; Education; Health Expenditures; CHAPTER 5. Taxation-Principles, Classification and Analysis; Purposes and Principles; Tax Classification; Tax Analysis; CHAPTER 6. Taxation of Personal Income; The Tax Base; Personal Income Tax in the United Kingdom; The Effective Incidence of Income Tax; CHAPTER 7. Taxation of Business Income.
- Taxation of Corporate IncomeCapital Allowances and Stock Relief; Taxation of North Sea Oil and Gas; CHAPTER 8. Outlay Taxation; Outlay Taxes on Consumers' Goods; Outlay Taxes on Factors of Production; U.K. Outlay Taxes; Comparison of Income and Outlay Taxes; CHAPTER 9. Taxation of Capital or Wealth; Meaning and Forms of Capital Taxation; Wealth Tax; Capital Gains Tax; Death Duties; Death Duties in the United Kingdom; CHAPTER 10. Local Government Expenditure and Income; Why Local Government?; Local Government Expenditure; Local Government Revenue; Grants-in-Aid; Local Rates.
- Reform of Local Government FinanceCHAPTER 11. Taxation, Public Expenditure and The Distribution of Personal Income and Wealth; Income Distribution and the Effect of Taxes and Benefits; The Distribution of Wealth; Twentieth-Century Changes in the Distribution of Wealth; CHAPTER 12. Regulation of the Economy Through Budgetary Policy; Keynesian Employment Theory; Methods of Budgetary Policy; Assessment of Budgetary Policy in U.K.; CHAPTER 13. Inflation and Taxation; Personal Income Tax and Capital Taxes; Taxes on Outlay or Expenditure; Taxes on Business Income; Policy on Inflation-Proofing.
- CHAPTER 14. International Perspective and the European Economic CommunityInternational Comparisons of Taxation; Harmonisation in the European Economic Community; CHAPTER 15. Reappraisal and Reform; How Much Government Expenditure?; Tax Reform; Alternative Approaches to Welfare Expenditure; Reforming Policy-making Procedures; Ends and Means; Selected Bibliography; Official Publications; Index.