Theory Of Public Finance In A Federal State

Author : Dietmar Wellisch
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2000-01-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139431316

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Theory of Public Finance in a Federal State by Dietmar Wellisch Pdf

The central question of this book is whether the assignment of government functions to the individual jurisdictions in a federal state can ensure an optimal allocation of resources and a fair income distribution. The analysis thereby gives a new answer to the old question about the optimal degree of fiscal decentralization in a federal state. It shows that fiscal decentralization is a method to disclose the preferences of currently living and future generations for local public goods, to limit the size of the government, and to avoid excessive public debt finance. While the allocative branch of the government benefits from fiscal decentralization, it is difficult to obtain a distribution of incomes that differs from the outcome that the market brings along.

Author : Holley Ulbrich
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136726194

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Public Finance in Theory and Practice Second edition by Holley Ulbrich Pdf

The events of the last decade have challenged the contemporary neo-classical synthesis in all branches of economics, but particularly public finance. The most notable feature of the 2nd edition of Public Finance in Theory and Practice is the infusion of behavioral economics throughout the text, with an end of chapter question inviting the student to apply a behavioral lens to some question or issue. There continues to be an emphasis on the importance of the institutional context, drawing on examples from many countries and emphasizing the role of lower level governments in a federal system. The first five chapters establish this context by reviewing the role of government in a market system, the description of government structure from an economic perspective, the basic data about revenue and expenditures, the elements of public choice, and the distributional role of government. The book has been substantially reorganized to put more emphasis on public expenditure. Expanded treatment of public goods includes common property resources and congestible or club goods. Expanded discussion of budgeting and cost-benefit analysis provides some practical application of the theory. Updated discussions of social security, public education and health care address these three major contemporary public finance issues. The traditional emphasis on revenue (taxes, fees and grants) has been retained but follows rather than precedes the discussion of expenditures.

Author : Mrs.Teresa Ter-Minassian
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 1146 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1997-09-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1557756635

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Fiscal Federalism in Theory and Practice by Mrs.Teresa Ter-Minassian Pdf

Over the past few decades, a clear trend has emerged worldwide toward the devolution of spending and, to a lesser extent, revenue-raising responsibilities to state and local levels of government. One view is that the decentralization of spending responsibilities can entail substantial gains in terms of distributed equity and macroeconomic management. The papers in this volume, edited by Teresa Ter-Minassian, examine the validity of these views in light of theoretical considerations, as well as the experience of a number of countries.

Author : David N. Hyman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105005103887

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Public Finance by David N. Hyman Pdf

Author : Richard W. Tresch
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 976 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2002-05-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780126990515

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Public Finance by Richard W. Tresch Pdf

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. Its goal of providing a foundation, rather than attempting to present the most recent scholarship in detail, makes this Second Edition both a valuable text and a resource for professionals. * Second edition provides new and updated information * Focuses on the heart of public sector economics, including public expenditure theory and policy, tax theory and policy, cost benefit-analysis, and fiscal federalism * Features a cohesive and versatile general equilibrium framework

Author : Richard Abel Musgrave,Alan T. Peacock
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Finance, Public
ISBN : UCSC:32106011871362

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Classics in the Theory of Public Finance by Richard Abel Musgrave,Alan T. Peacock Pdf

Author : S K Singh
Publisher : S. Chand Publishing
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9788121911030

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Public Finance in Theory & Practice by S K Singh Pdf

Useful for Graduate and P.G. Students of Economics and Candidates Appearing for Competitive Examinations. It examines every major problem of the economy of public sector first in the context of the developed countries of the western world and then their relevence is looked into from the angle of the developing countries.

Author : Richard Abel Musgrave,Peggy B. Musgrave
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
Page : 870 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015054057230

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Public Finance in Theory and Practice by Richard Abel Musgrave,Peggy B. Musgrave Pdf

Author : Carl Shoup
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1175 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351495721

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Public Finance by Carl Shoup Pdf

Broad in scope and carefully balanced in emphasis, this book is a major treatise on the theory and practice of public finance. It is unique in its presentation of a worldwide perspective and in its treatment of both the instruments of public finance and the goals, effects, and criteria of public finance measures. The book is divided into three parts. Book One defines the field, specifies the possible meaning of the "effects" of a public finance measure, and describes the criteria by which these measures are commonly appraised.Book Two is concerned with micro public finance and opens with a discussion of the theory of public goods in general. Each of the major free government services and types of transfer payments as well as the taxes that government employs are then examined. This section concludes with a chapter on the relevant aspects of government borrowing and inflationary finance. Book Three considers the major goals of public finance policy and describes how the various instruments described in Book Two can be used in achieving these goals. Among the topics treated are the use of appropriate instruments to resolve conflict in goals, conceptual problems of measuring the public finance sector and its maximum and minimum economic limits, consensus goals of equity full employment and Pareto-optimism use of resources, and goals that evoke conflicts of interest within any community.

Author : Vito Tanzi
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 54,6 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 : Richard Abel Musgrave
Publisher : New York : McGraw-Hill
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Finance, Public
ISBN : UOM:39015008148309

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The Theory of Public Finance by Richard Abel Musgrave Pdf

Author : Ronald C. Fisher
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 772 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2022-11-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000713558

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State and Local Public Finance by Ronald C. Fisher Pdf

State and Local Public Finance provides a comprehensive and sophisticated analysis of state and local government public finance practices and issues, using the basic tools of economics. This fifth edition maintains its focus on key local services such as education, health care, and transportation and brings in new coverage of land use and housing, applications from behavioral economics, and more international comparisons. This textbook provides an examination and analysis of public finance practices and problems in a federal fiscal system, focusing on the fiscal behavior and policies of state and local governments. Modern economic theory is applied to examine the way key institutions are used to produce and finance services and to provide evaluation of alternative policies. This stalwart text will continue to be invaluable reading for those who study public finance, local government finance, urban economics, public policy, and public administration.

Author : John M. Quigley,Eugene Smolensky
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105003436263

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Modern Public Finance by John M. Quigley,Eugene Smolensky Pdf

The main problem of public finance is how to improve the way tax money is spent, increase the efficiency of the economy and change the distribution of income in several desirable ways. Contributions by various authors dealing with subjects, such as: The distribution of the tax burden; Public sector dynamics; Public goods and the invisible hand; Federalism and government finance; Tax policy; Integrating allocation and stabilization budgets. In the chapter Public Sector Dynamics is dealt with the public debt and the following questions are treated: Does public debt have any effect? What effects does it have? How is it determined politically? And how is it meant! One of the conclusions is that future government claims and liabilities cannot be valued at their market value.

Author : Michael L. Marlow
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin
Page : 696 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Finance, Public
ISBN : UCR:31210010795225

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Public Finance by Michael L. Marlow Pdf

This text provides a balanced treatment of both theory and practice for courses in public finance, public sector economics, cost-benefit analysis, public choice or public policy. Features: * Thoroughly covers both tax and expenditure topics, including extensive discussion of current scholarly research as well as recent examples. * An entire chapter on health care includes discussion of current policy issues regarding health care reform (Ch. 13). * Current and complete treatment of deficits (Chapter 17) integrates discussions of previous chapters and provides students with a lively treatment of the topic. * The entire chapter on theory and use of off-budget credit and insurance policies is unique in a public finance text. * Many boxed items examine leading current policy issues. * Extensive use of graphs shows historical and current trends. * A complete appendix on microeconomic theory makes the text useful for several levels of teaching. * Examination of major changes in income tax laws lends appreciation for past reform as well as current reform issues.

Author : Ronald C. Fisher
Publisher : South-Western College
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0324291558

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State & Local Public Finance by Ronald C. Fisher Pdf

This undergraduate textbook analyzes the economic theory behind the goods and services provided by local and state governments, and applies the concepts to education, transportation, health and welfare, and economic development policies. The third edition updates fiscal data from the 2002 Census of Governments, and reflects federal policy changes t