UID:
almafu_9960072699502883
Format:
1 online resource (975 pages)
Edition:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
9786612284854
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9781282284852
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1282284851
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9780080515410
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008051541X
Content:
Featuring a general equilibrium framework that is both cohesive and versatile, the Second Edition of Public Finance: A Normative Theory brings new and updated information to this classic text. Through its concentration on the microeconomic theory of the public sector in the context of capitalist market economics it addresses the subjects traditionally at the heart of public sector economics, including public good theory, theory of taxation, welfare analysis, externalities, tax incidence, cost benefit analysis, and fiscal federalism.
Note:
Previous ed.: Plano, Tex. : Business Publications, 1981.
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Front Cover; Public Finance: A Normative Theory; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; PREFACE; PART I: INTRODUCTION: THE CONTENT AND METHODOLOGY OF PUBLIC SECTOR THEORY; Chapter 1. Introduction to Normative Public Sector Theory; The Fundamental Normative Questions; Government Expenditure Theory: Philosophical Underpinnings; Government Expenditure Theory and Market Failure; The Government Sector in the United States; The Theory of Taxation; Fiscal Federalism; The Theory of Public Choice; Summary; References; Chapter 2. A General Equilibrium Model for Public Sector Analysis
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A Baseline General Equilibrium Model; Efficiency: The Pareto-Optimal Conditions; Equity: The Social Welfare Function and Optimal Distribution of Income; Maximizing Social Welfare; Policy Implications and Conclusions; References; Chapter 3. First-Best and Second-Best Analysis and the Political Economy of Public Sector Economics; Lump-Sum Redistributions and Public Sector Theory; First-Best Analysis; Second-Best Analysis; Similarities Between First-Best and Second-Best Analysis; The Political Economy of the Social Welfare Function; Conclusion; References
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PART II: THE THEORY OF PUBLIC EXPENDITURES AND TAXATION-FIRST-BEST ANALYSIS; Chapter 4. The Social Welfare Function in Policy Analysis; Social Welfare and the Distribution of Income: The Atkinson Framework; Social Welfare and Consumption: The Jorgenson Analysis; Social Welfare and Social Mobility; References; Chapter 5. The Problem of Externalities-An Overview; Policy-Relevant Externalties; The Analysis of Externalities: Modeling Preliminaries; References; Chapter 6. Consumption Externalities; How Bad Can Externalities Be?
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The Worst of All Worlds-All Goods (Factors) are Pure Public Goods (Factors); The Existence of at Least One Pure Private Good; Nonexclusive Goods-The Samuelson Model; Aggregate Externalities; References; Chapter 7. Production Externalities; The Condensed Model for Production Externalities; Aggregate Production Externalities; Concluding Comments: The Problem of Nonconvex Production Possibilities; References; Chapter 8. The U.S. Antipollution Policies: An Application of Externality Theory; Preliminary Theoretical Considerations in Analyzing Pollution; U.S. Antipollution Policies
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Municipal Waste-Treatment Facilities and the Superfund: Defensive Antipollution Strategies; Concluding Comments; References; Appendix: History of U.S. Antipollution Legislation; Chapter 9. The Theory of Decreasing Cost Production; Decreasing Cost in General Equilibrium Analysis; Reflections on U.S. Policy Regarding Decreasing Cost Services: The Public Interest in Equity and Efficiency; References; Appendix: Returns to Scale, Homogeneity, and Decreasing Cost; Chapter 10. The First-Best Theory of Taxation; Public Choice and Pareto-Optimal Redistribution; Altruism, Free Riding, and Crowding Out of Private Charity
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780126990515
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0126990514
Language:
English
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