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Public finance : a normative theory /

Public Finance remains the premier textbook on the normative theory of government policy, with the third edition propelling into the twenty-first century its examination of what government ought to be doing instead of what it is doing. The welfare aspects of public economics receive extensively rene...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tresch, Richard W. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2015.
Edición:Third edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; Contents; Chapter 12
  • Introduction to Second-Best Analysis; Chapter 13
  • The Second-Best Theory of Taxation in One-Consumer Economies with Linear Production Technology; GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE THEORY: PHILOSOPHICAL UNDERPINNINGS; THE THEORY OF TAXATION; THE THEORY OF PUBLIC CHOICE; BEHAVIORAL PUBLIC FINANCE; SUMMARY; A BASELINE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL; FIRST-BEST INSIGHTS; MAXIMIZING SOCIAL WELFARE; REFERENCES; SECOND-BEST ANALYSIS; CONCLUSION; SOCIAL WELFARE AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME: THE ATKINSON FRAMEWORK; THE CONDENSED MODEL FOR PRODUCTION EXTERNALITIES
  • POLICY-RELEVANT EXTERNALITIESTHE SECOND-BEST ALLOCATION OF SAMUELSONIAN NONEXCLUSIVE GOODS; THE BOITEUX PROBLEM: THE MULTIPRODUCT DECREASING-COST FIRM; REFERENCES; HOW BAD CAN EXTERNALITIES BE?; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM PRICE MODELS; THE EXISTENCE OF AT LEAST ONE PURE PRIVATE GOOD; NONEXCLUSIVE GOODS-THE SAMUELSON MODEL; SUBSTITUTIONS AMONG TAXES: IMPLICATIONS FOR WELFARE LOSS; REFERENCES; Chapter 7
  • Production Externalities; DEFENSIVE ANTIPOLLUTION STRATEGIES; PREVIEW OF PART III; SAMUELSONIAN NONEXCLUSIVE GOODS; SIMILARITIES BETWEEN FIRST-BEST AND SECOND-BEST ANALYSES; LONG-LIVED EXTERNALITIES
  • DECREASING COST IN GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSISChapter 10
  • The First-Best Theory of Taxation and Transfers; Chapter 17
  • Expenditure Incidence and Economy-Wide Incidence Studies; REFERENCES; OPTIMAL INCOME TAXATION; CONCLUDING COMMENTS; DESIGNING BROAD-BASED TAXES: THE ECONOMIC OBJECTIVES; A ONE-CONSUMER ECONOMY WITH GENERAL TECHNOLOGY; HORIZONTAL EQUITY; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES; A BRIEF HISTORY OF SECOND-BEST THEORY; THE OPTIMAL PATTERN OF COMMODITY TAXES; MANY-PERSON ECONOMY WITH GENERAL TECHNOLOGY; REFERENCES; REFERENCES; LUMP-SUM REDISTRIBUTIONS AND PRIVATE INFORMATION
  • CONCLUDING REMARKSMETHODOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES IN THE MEASUREMENT OF TAX INCIDENCE; MEASURING TAX INCIDENCE: A MANY-CONSUMER ECONOMY; THE INCIDENCE OF GOVERNMENT TRANSFER PAYMENTS; ECONOMY-WIDE INCIDENCE STUDIES; COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELS OF TAX INCIDENCE; APPENDIX: RETURNS TO SCALE, HOMOGENEITY, AND DECREASING COST; PRIVATE INFORMATION AND IN-KIND TRANSFERS; THE MACROECONOMIC EFFECTS OF SOCIAL SECURITY; FIXED COMMUNITIES AND HOUSING SITES: ADDING THE HOUSING MARKET; REFERENCES; LUMP-SUM REDISTRIBUTIONS AND PUBLIC SECTOR THEORY; THE DEMAND FOR INSURANCE; WITH INSURANCE; REFERENCES
  • PRIVATE OR ASYMMETRIC INFORMATIONTHE COMPETITIVE OUTCOME; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; REFERENCES; THE U.S. SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM; CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS; THE BEHAVIORAL ANOMALIES; Chapter 27
  • Optimal Federalism: The Sorting of People within the Fiscal Hierarchy; THE MODELING DIMENSIONS; ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE; MAINSTREAM REACTIONS; REFERENCES; PUBLIC CHOICE AND PARETO-OPTIMAL REDISTRIBUTION; OPTIMAL FEDERALISM AND GRANTS-IN-AID: NORMATIVE ANALYSIS; Chapter 29
  • International Public Finance; THE TAXATION OF MOBILE CAPITAL; THE INTENSIVE AND EXTENSIVE MARGINS