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Public sector economics : made simple /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Heinemann,
�1983.
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| Colección: | Made simple books.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Public Sector Economics; Copyright Page ; Foreword; Table of Contents; Section I: Economic Framework; Chapter 1. Economic Systems and Models; Political Economy; Types of Economie System; Economie Models; The Sector Model of an Economy; Input-Output Model; Summary; Suggested Further Reading; Exercises; Chapter 2. National Income; Purposes of National Income Data; Early Estimates of National Income; Social Accounting; Definition and Calculation of National Income; Income Method; Expenditure Method; Output Method
- Choice of Method of Calculating National Income for Developed and Developing CountriesInternational Comparison of National Income; Comparison of the Standard of Living; Determination of National Income and the Multiplier; Fluctuations in National Income; Trade Cycle Theories; Summary; Suggested Further Reading; Exercises; Chapter 3. Allocation of Resources and Provision of Public Goods; Optimum Allocation; Utilitarian Approach to Economic Welfare; Market Allocation of Resources and Government Intervention; Opportunity Cost; Social Choice; Summary; Suggested Further Reading; Exercises
- Section II: Public Finance ExpenditureChapter 4. Public Expenditure; Public Finance; Functions of the State; Theories of Public Expenditure; Observations on the Growth of Public Expenditure; Trends in Public Expenditure, Current and Constant Prices; Empirical Evidence on the International Growth of Public Expenditure; Reasons for the Growth of Public Expenditure; Restraints to the Growth of Public Expenditure; Consequences of the Growth of Public Expenditure; Summary; Suggested Further Reading; Exercises; Chapter 5. Public Expenditure in Practice: the British Experience
- Phases in the Growth of Public ExpenditureDevelopment of Social Services; Education; Health Services; Relief of the Poor; Establishment of the Welfare State; Summary; Suggested Further Reading; Exercises; Section III: Public Finance, Taxation; Chapter 6. The Theory of Taxation and the Tax System; The Need for Revenue; Early Taxes; Theories of Taxation; Equality of Sacrifice; Rates of Taxation; Principles of Taxation; A Tax System; Merits and Demerits of Direct and Indirect Taxation; Pattern of Taxation; Revenue Maximisation, 'Laffer Curve' Analysis; Summary; Suggested Further Reading
- ExercisesChapter 7. Taxes on Income; Basis of Income Tax; The Origin of Income Tax in the UK; Compliance of Income Tax with the Principles of Taxation; Income Tax and Incentives in Theory; Income Tax and Incentives in Practice; Supply of Labour and Taxation; Empirical Evidence on Tax Disincentives and the Supply of Labour; Effect of Progressive Income Tax on the Level of Personal Savings and the Pattern of Investment; Empirical Evidence on Effects of Taxation on Savings and Investment; Inflation and Indexation for Income Tax Purposes; Negative Income Tax (NIT); Summary