Public Economics In Action

Author : A. B. Atkinson
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1995-03-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780191521317

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Public Economics in Action by A. B. Atkinson Pdf

This book surveys recent developments in public economics by taking as a case-study the proposals for a basic income/flat tax scheme. It discusses various approaches to taxation and presents a framework for a system that would affect both personal income and the social security system, replacing the one by a flat-rate income tax and the other by a guaranteed income. This idea has generated wide interest in a number of countries, and is being actively discussed by several political parties. This book explains how these changes would benefit a wide variety of social groups, leading to a greater redistribution of income. At the same time, it also raises the question of whether a single reform can meet the very different objectives of different supporters. The author reviews different areas of public economics in which there has been active research in recent years— namely the theory of optimum taxation, public choice theory, general equilibrium analysis of incidence, numerical tax- benefit modelling, and econometric studies of work incentives—and asks how these contribute to our understanding of this particular policy reform. He also indicates the promising directions for future research. The author does not argue for or against the basic income/flat tax proposal, but believes it should be on the agenda for any serious discussion of tax and social security reform for the twenty-first century.

Author : Anthony B. Atkinson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:475414597

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Public Economics in Action by Anthony B. Atkinson Pdf

Author : Martin Feldstein,A.J. Auerbach
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 674 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2002-01-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0080544193

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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 : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Flat-rate income tax
ISBN : OCLC:926227465

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Public Economics in Action by Anonim Pdf

Author : Gareth D. Myles
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 50,7 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 : José Luis Gómez-Barroso
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000432893

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Public Economics by José Luis Gómez-Barroso Pdf

Public Economics: A Concise Introduction provides a concise and non-technical overview of the role of government in the economy. Using the questions ‘why?’, ‘what for?’ and ‘how?’, the text initially surveys the place of the public sector in a market economy. It then considers the possible reasons which could justify government involvement. Next, the book examines the aims of state economic activity, and the instruments which a government has at its disposal. Lastly, the final chapter provides an illuminating tour of economic history and history of economic thought in relation to government economic activity. The book offers an international focus throughout, with examples taken from all over the globe. Readers are supported with a range of pedagogical features, including example boxes, chapter objectives and summaries, and end-of-chapter multiple choice and reflection questions. Public Economics: A Concise Introduction will be a valuable text for students on courses in public economics, welfare economics, public finance, public policy and related areas.

Author : Stanley L. Winer,Hirofumi Shibata
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 184376752X

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Political Economy and Public Finance by Stanley L. Winer,Hirofumi Shibata Pdf

There is a long-standing difference amongst public economists between those who think that collective choice must be formally acknowledged, and those who derive their policy recommendations from a social planning framework in which politics plays no role. The purpose of this book is to contribute to a meaningful dialogue between these two groups, in the belief that the future of both political economy and of normative public finance lies somewhere between the two approaches. Some of the specific questions addressed in the book include: does public finance need political economy? Should collective choice play a role in the standard of reference used in normative public finance? What is a 'failure' in a non-market or policy process? And what have we learned about the theory and practice of public finance from three decades of empirical research on public choice? The book also provides a practitioner's view of the political economy of redistribution.

Author : Anthony B. Atkinson,Joseph E. Stiglitz
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 54,7 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 : Jean Hindriks,Gareth D. Myles
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 1013 pages
File Size : 53,7 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 : William J. Congdon,Jeffrey R. Kling,Sendhil Mullainathan
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780815704980

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Policy and Choice by William J. Congdon,Jeffrey R. Kling,Sendhil Mullainathan Pdf

Argues that public finance--the study of the government's role in economics--should incorporate principles from behavior economics and other branches of psychology.

Author : Frank Ackerman
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781783087082

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Worst-Case Economics by Frank Ackerman Pdf

Worst-case scenarios are all too real, and all too common. The financial crisis of 2008 was not the first or the last to destroy jobs, homeownership and the savings of millions of people. Hurricanes clobber communities from New York to Bangladesh. How bad will the next catastrophe be, and how soon will it happen? Climate and financial crises are serious events, requiring vigorous responses. Yet public policy is trapped in an obsolete framework, with a simplistic focus on average or likely outcomes rather than dangerous extremes. What would it take to create better analyses of extreme events in climate and finance, and an appropriate policy framework for worst-case risks? ‘Worst-Case Economics: Extreme Events in Climate and Finance’ offers accessible and surprising answers to these crucial questions.

Author : Jean Hindriks,Gareth D. Myles
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 1013 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780262313803

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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 : James D Gwartney,Richard Stroup
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 567 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781483214054

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Macroeconomics by James D Gwartney,Richard Stroup Pdf

Macroeconomics: Private and Public Choice discusses the principle of macroeconomics, particularly government expenditure, taxation, public choice theory, and labor markets. The book also covers aggregate supply, fiscal policy, inflation, unemployment, traditional Keynesian theory, low productivity, rapid inflation. The text explains international economics and comparative systems such as the export-import link, export taxes, and foreign finance. It analyzes the existence of trade barriers as being due to domestic protectionism policies, special interest nature of trade restrictions, and economic illiteracy. The book examines the economics of government failure, namely, the collective decision-making process as being both beneficial and limited of public sector economic action. Among the reasons cited for government failure are voter ignorance, inefficient public policy, existence of special interests, imprecise knowledge of consumer preferences, as well as government shortsightedness. The book also examines why government intervention in some activities can be beneficial, for example, weak market competition or monopoly, uninformed consumers, and when conditions of external benefits can be achieved. Economists, sociologists, professors in economics, or policy makers involved in economic and rural development will find the text valuable.

Author : John Leach
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521535670

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A Course in Public Economics by John Leach Pdf

This 2004 textbook explores how markets operate and governments' roles in addressing market failures.

Author : Robert F. Salvino Jr,Michael T. Tasto,Gregory M. Randolph
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781781005798

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Entrepreneurial Action, Public Policy, and Economic Outcomes by Robert F. Salvino Jr,Michael T. Tasto,Gregory M. Randolph Pdf

Providing a clear summary of the institutions and entrepreneurship research this comprehensive and timely book will be of great interest to anyone involved in public policy. It also offers a practical application for academic research and a rich biblio