Advances In Public Economics

Author : Robin Boadway,Baldev Raj
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783642576546

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Advances in Public Economics by Robin Boadway,Baldev Raj Pdf

The study of public economics has undergone dramatic changes in the past two decades. Major developments in economic theory have revolutionized the subject and have changed the way we view the role of government. The constraints of information and institutions have called into question the ability of the government to carry out some of its traditional tasks, but have also led to new instruments and approaches for dealing with the problem of economic policy such as the design of the redistribution and tax system. Understanding the importance of the economic, behavioral and institutional constraints facing government is critical for evaluating policy options. This is ultimately an empirical issue. This book of a symposium on empiricial public finance indicates the richness and diversity of empirical approaches that have been used to shed light on the problems of applied public finance and its application.

Author : Anthony B. Atkinson,Joseph E. Stiglitz
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780691166414

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Lectures on Public Economics by Anthony B. Atkinson,Joseph E. Stiglitz Pdf

The definitive textbook on public finance—now back in print for the first time in years This classic introduction to public finance remains the best advanced-level textbook on the subject ever written. First published in 1980, Lectures on Public Economics still tops reading lists at many leading universities despite the fact that the book has been out of print for years. This new edition makes it readily available again to a new generation of students and practitioners in public economics. The lectures presented here examine the behavioral responses of households and firms to tax changes. Topics include the effects of taxation on labor supply, savings, risk-taking, the firm, debt, and economic growth. The book then delves into normative questions such as the design of tax systems, optimal taxation, public sector pricing, and public goods, including local public goods. Written by two of the world's preeminent economists, this edition of Lectures on Public Economics features a new introduction by Anthony Atkinson and Joseph Stiglitz that discusses the latest developments in the field and areas for future research. The definitive advanced-level textbook on public economics Examines the effects of taxation on households and firms Covers tax system design, optimal taxation, public sector pricing, and more Includes suggestions for further reading Additional resources available online

Author : Ulrich U. Schmidt,Stefan Traub
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2005-08-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0387257055

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Advances in Public Economics: Utility, Choice and Welfare by Ulrich U. Schmidt,Stefan Traub Pdf

"The Festschrift in honor of Christian Seidl" gathers a group of prominent authors being experts in areas like Public Economics, Welfare Economics, Social Choice Theory, Public Choice Theory, Decision Theory and Experimental Economics. Christian Seidl, known as one of the editors of the three-volume "Handbook of Utility Theory", has dedicated his research to utility-theoretic fundamentals, and the welfare implications of individual and group decision making. During the last decade, he has turned part of his attention to a research tool that has gained a lot of importance in economics: the laboratory experiment. The Advances in Public Economics: Utility Choice and Welfare is an attempt to illuminate all facets of Christian Seidl’s research agenda by presenting an ambitious collection of both purely theoretical and experimental papers on utility, choice and welfare, written by his closest friends and colleagues.

Author : Martin Feldstein,A.J. Auerbach
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 744 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2002-01-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780080544199

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Handbook of Public Economics by Martin Feldstein,A.J. Auerbach Pdf

The Field of Public Economics has been changing rapidly in recent years, and the sixteen chapters contained in this Handbook survey many of the new developments. As a field, Public Economics is defined by its objectives rather than its techniques and much of what is new is the application of modern methods of economic theory and econometrics to problems that have been addressed by economists for over two hundred years. More generally, the discussion of public finance issues also involves elements of political science, finance and philosophy. These connections are evidence in several of the chapters that follow. Public Economics is the positive and normative study of government's effect on the economy. We attempt to explain why government behaves as it does, how its behavior influences the behavior of private firms and households, and what the welfare effects of such changes in behavior are. Following Musgrave (1959) one may imagine three purposes for government intervention in the economy: allocation, when market failure causes the private outcome to be Pareto inefficient, distribution, when the private market outcome leaves some individuals with unacceptably low shares in the fruits of the economy, and stabilization, when the private market outcome leaves some of the economy's resources underutilized. The recent trend in economic research has tended to emphasize the character of stabilization problems as problems of allocation in the labor market. The effects that government intervention can have on the allocation and distribution of an economy's resources are described in terms of efficiency and incidence effects. These are the primary measures used to evaluate the welfare effects of government policy.

Author : Robin W. Boadway,Baldev Raj
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:641872780

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Advances in Public Economics by Robin W. Boadway,Baldev Raj Pdf

Author : Anthony Barnes Atkinson,Joseph E. Stiglitz
Publisher : London ; Montréal : McGraw-Hill Book Company
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Finance, Public
ISBN : UCSC:32106005090045

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Lectures on Public Economics by Anthony Barnes Atkinson,Joseph E. Stiglitz Pdf

Author : Jean Hindriks,Gareth D. Myles
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 1013 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780262018692

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Intermediate Public Economics, second edition by Jean Hindriks,Gareth D. Myles Pdf

A new edition of a comprehensive text, updated throughout, with new material on behavioral economics, international taxation, cost-benefit analysis, and the economics of climate policy. Public economics studies how government taxing and spending activities affect the economy—economic efficiency and the distribution of income and wealth. This comprehensive text on public economics covers the core topics of market failure and taxation as well as recent developments in both policy and the academic literature. It is unique not only in its broad scope but in its balance between public finance and public choice and its combination of theory and relevant empirical evidence. The book covers the theory and methodology of public economics; presents a historical and theoretical overview of the public sector; and discusses such topics as departures from efficiency (including imperfect competition and asymmetric information), issues in political economy, equity, taxation, fiscal federalism, and tax competition among independent jurisdictions. Suggestions for further reading, from classic papers to recent research, appear in each chapter, as do exercises. The mathematics has been kept to a minimum without sacrificing intellectual rigor; the book remains analytical rather than discursive. This second edition has been thoroughly updated throughout. It offers new chapters on behavioral economics, limits to redistribution, international taxation, cost-benefit analysis, and the economics of climate policy. Additional exercises have been added and many sections revised in response to advice from readers of the first edition.

Author : Gilbert Faccarello,Richard Sturn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317978077

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Studies in the History of Public Economics by Gilbert Faccarello,Richard Sturn Pdf

Many important economic and political debates today refer to the nature and the role of the State: should governments intervene in the economy and interfere with the operation of markets? In which occasions, and how? In order to better understand these questions and the controversies they have raised, this book re-considers the debates crucial for the issues at stake, the most important schools of thought, and the central concepts in an historical perspective. After a tribute to Sir Alan Peacock and the first publication of two hitherto unpublished papers written in the 1950s, the chapters focus on important developments that occurred in Europe during the 19th and early 20th centuries. The final part includes contributions on public economics after World War II, focusing on concepts such as merit goods, externalities and the “Coase theorem”. This book was originally published as a special issue of The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought.

Author : Attiat F. Ott,Richard J. Cebula
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 495 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781845424558

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The Elgar Companion to Public Economics by Attiat F. Ott,Richard J. Cebula Pdf

Attiat Ott and Richard Cebula have recognised the need to present, in an accessible and straightforward way, the voluminous literature in the public economics arena. Advances in econometric techniques and the spillover of knowledge from other disciplines made it difficult, not only for students but also for lecturers, to accurately find the information they need. This major Companion addresses a wealth of topics common to the study of both public economics and public choice including questions such as: How does one structure the whole spectrum of public finance in a manageable framework? What is Wagner s Law really about and what does empirical testing tell us? How binding is the budget constraint? How encompassing is a dictator s interest? How do veto powers of the executive, institutional structures and regimes affect public sector outcomes? Do voters behave rationally? Do conflicts yield benefits? Is war cost effective and does secession offer a viable exit option? The contributions, both theoretical and empirical, shed light on some contentious issues in the public economics literature and provide readers with insight into issues that are at the forefront of discussions about the public economy. The empirical analysis utilizes recent econometric techniques to validate or refute empirical findings based on older vintage econometrics. The diversity of coverage ranges from traditional models of the public economy to the incorporation of defence spending as a significant and often neglected function of the public sector. The contributors include many pioneers and leading lights in the field. The Elgar Companion to Public Economics will be required reading for academics and scholars at many levels in the fields of public economics and public choice but mainly graduate and above. The Companion will also be of value to scholars in the wider social sciences in general and political science in particular.

Author : Ulrich U. Schmidt,Stefan Traub
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2006-06-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780387257068

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Advances in Public Economics: Utility, Choice and Welfare by Ulrich U. Schmidt,Stefan Traub Pdf

This Festschrift in honor ofChristian Seidl combines a group of prominent authors who are experts in areas like public economics, welfare economic, decision theory, and experimental economics in a unique volume. Christian Seidl who has edited together with Salvador Barber` a ` and Peter Hammond the Handbook of Utility Theory (appearing at Kluwer Academic Publishers/Springer Economics), has dedicated most of his research to utility and decision theory, social choice theory, welfare economics, and public economics. During the last decade, he has turned part of his attention to a research tool that is increasingly gaining in importance in economics: the laboratory experiment. This volume is an attempt to illuminate all facets of Christian Seidl’s ambitious research agenda by presenting a collection of both theoretical and expe- mental papers on Utility,Choice,andWelfare written by his closest friends, former students, and much valued colleagues. Christian Seidl was born on August 5, 1940, in Vienna, Austria. Beginning Winter term 1962/63, he studied Economics and Business Administration at the Vienna School of Economics (then “Hochschule fff ̈ ur ̈ Welthandel”). 1966 he was awarded an MBA by the Vienna School of Economics and 1969 a doctoral degree in Economics. In October 1968 Christian became a research assistant at the Institute of Economics at the University of Vienna. 1973 he acquired his habilitation (right to teach) in Economics — supervised by Wilhelm Weber — from the Department of Law and Economics of the University of Vienna. He was awarded the Dr.

Author : Gareth D. Myles
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1995-11-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521497698

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Public Economics by Gareth D. Myles Pdf

A rigorous, self-contained textbook covering all the central topics in public economics.

Author : Jean Hindriks,Gareth D. Myles
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0262275392

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Intermediate Public Economics by Jean Hindriks,Gareth D. Myles Pdf

Public economics studies how government taxing and spending activities affect the economy -- economic efficiency and the distribution of income and wealth. This comprehensive text in public economics covers the core topics market failure and taxation as well as recent developments in the political economy and public choice literatures. It is unique not only in its broad scope but in its balance between public finance and public choice and its combination of theory and relevant empirical evidence.After introducing the theory and methodology of public economics and reviewing the efficiency of the competitive equilibrium, the book presents a historical and theoretical overview of the public sector. It then discusses departures from efficiency, including imperfect competition and asymmetric information; issues in political economy, including rent-seeking (a topic often omitted from other texts); equity; taxation issues, including tax evasion and its consequences; fiscal federalism and tax competition among independent jurisdictions; and the intertemporal issues of social security and economic growth.This text introduces the reader to the theory of public economics and the most significant results of the analysis, providing an overview of the current state of the field. It is accessible to anyone with a background of intermediate microeconomics and macroeconomics and can be used in advanced undergraduate as well as graduate courses. Although the mathematics has been kept to a minimum, the book remains analytical rather than discursive. Annotated suggestions for further reading and numerous exercises are included at the end of each chapter.

Author : June A. Sekera
Publisher : Springer
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319404875

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The Public Economy in Crisis by June A. Sekera Pdf

This Brief proposes a new theory of public economics which deemphasizes reliance on the free market and affirms the importance of public goods and services within the context of the democratic process and constitutional governance. Public non-market production makes up from a quarter to more than half of all economic activity in advanced democratic nation-states. Yet by imposing market precepts on the public domain, as mainstream economics, political science, and public administration do, public governing capacity is weakened and the democratic system suffers. Agencies originally created to meet public needs are being warped into entities whose purpose is to generate revenue and, in some cases, deliver private profits at public expense. Drawing on classic public finance literature, this book illustrates the differences between public economy and the market model and why those differences matter. Building on this, the Brief sketches the elements of a new theory of the public non-market and illuminates its connections to the delegation of power and collective provision of resources from the polity. This book will be useful to scholars of public economics, political science, and public administration as well as policy makers and those working in the public sector.

Author : Vito Tanzi
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781789907001

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Advanced Introduction to Public Finance by Vito Tanzi Pdf

The Advanced Introduction to Public Finance offers a fresh look at the field of public finance and explains how changes in both the market and the government have made public finance a more challenging, interesting and at times frustrating branch of economics. It provides a cosmopolitan perspective and details the part that historical developments have played in shaping modern views. The author explores the real life, practical nature of public finance and deemphasizes the role of arm-chair theorizing by focusing on real issues that are seen from a community rather than an individualistic perspective.

Author : Peter McLeod Jackson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UVA:X002215834

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Current Issues in Public Sector Economics by Peter McLeod Jackson Pdf

This volume reviews current developments taking place in public sector economics and covers issues in both public expenditure and taxation. Trends in public spending, and their determinants, are reviewed along with recent developments in the public choice perspective and the analysis of the demand for public goods. Taxation issues include the incentive effects of taxation, tax evasion and compliance costs and taxation in developing countries. The book concludes with a discussion of the public sector and income distribution and fiscal federalism. Other topics include privatization and deregulation.