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Public Finance Principles and Policy

by: Anderson, John E.

Public Finance Principles and Policy

by: Anderson, John E.

ISBN 13:
9780618214495
ISBN 10:
0618214496
Edition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 12/23/2002
Publisher: South-Western College Pub
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Public Finance provides a modern treatment of public finance principles with an emphasis on policymaking and policy analysis. Using a variety of applications in the context of fiscal federalism, the text evenly addresses local, state, and federal issues. At the same time, Anderson incorporates international issues, such as comparisons of the public sector in different countries as well as discussions of the IMF and World Bank.

Note: Each chapter begins with an Introduction and concludes with Problems and References
Overview of the Public Sector and Methods of Analysis
Economics of the Public Sector
The Field of Public Finance Private and Public Interests Public Goods and the Need for Government
A Federal System of Governments

Size and Scope of the Public Sector--
Federal, State, and Local Methods of Economics
Analysis Policy Study: Voting for an Increase in the Local Property Tax
Market Efficiency, Market Failure, and the Needs for Governments
Welfare Economics and Public Goods
Public and Private Goods
Allocation of Public and Private Goods
Efficiency in Public Good Provision
Markets and Efficient Allocation of Resources
Appendix: Efficient Provision of Public and Private Goods
Externalities The Economics of Externalities
Negative Externalities:
Analysis of Marginal Damages
Positive Externalities:
Analysis of Marginal External Benefits
Remedies for Externalities
Policy Study: Downwind from a Soviet Research
Center Policy Study: The Kyoto Protocol
Income Distribution and Transfer Programs
Measuring the Income Distribution
Poverty Redistributing
Income in Theory
Redistributing Income in Practice
Income Inequality and the Effects of Tax and Transfer Programs
Policy Study: Does Inequality Matter?
Policy Study: Trafficking in Food Stamps
Policy Study: The Samaritan's Dilemma
Appendix: Decomposition of Inequality by Source of Income
Social Choice and Analysis of Government Programs
Collective Decision Making
Individual Preferences and Collective Decision Making
Collective Decision Making in a Direct Democracy Median
Voter Model
Collective Decision Making in a Representative Democracy
Appendix: Rational Voters
Program Evaluation:
Benefit-Cost Analysis
Benefit-Cost Analysis and Its Uses
Economic Valuation of Benefits and Costs Discounting Evaluation
Criteria Effects of Risk/Uncertainty
Policy Study: The Benefits of Smoking
Policy Study: Benefits and Costs of Preserving Old-Growth Forests
Government Production and Pricing of Public Goods and Services
Production of Public Goods and Services
Pricing of Public Goods and Services
Policy Study: Economies of Scale in Health Insurance Coverage
Appendix: Production and Cost Functions
Efficiency and Equity
Effects of Taxes and Subsidies
The Structure of Taxes
What Is Taxed?
Defining the Tax Base
How Is Tax Applied?
Tax Rates, Exemptions, Deductions, and Credits Policy Study:
The Flat Tax
Efficiency Effects of Taxes and Subsidies
Excess Burdens of Taxes and Subsidies Optimal Taxation
Incentive Effects of Taxation
Taxation and Labor Supply Taxation and Saving/Borrowing
Taxation and Risk
Taking Tax Evasion
Policy Study: Do IRAs Increase Private Savings?
Equity Aspects of Taxes and Expenditures
The Incidence of Taxes
Equity Concepts
Incidence Effects of the Tax/Expenditure
System Policy Study: Evaluating the Equity Effects of a Tax
Reform Policy Study: The Incidence of Local Development Fees and Special Assessments
Particular Taxes and Policy Issues
Income and Payroll Taxes
Defining the Income
Tax Base Income
Tax Rate Structures
Deductibility and Its Effects
U.S. Income Tax
Design and Policy Issues
Payroll Taxes
Policy Study: Tax Reform Proposals
The Corporate Income Tax
The Corporate Income Tax
Tax Base and Rates
Incidence of the Corporate Income Tax
Taxation and the Capital
Structure of the Firm
Taxation and Investment
Taxation and Global Business Policy Study:
Less Than Zero: Enron's
Corporate Income Tax Payments, 1996–2000
Sales and Excise Taxes
Excise Taxes
Sales Taxes Harmonization of Indirect Taxes in a Federation of Governments
Policy Study:
Racketeer Cases Shed Light on Cigarette
Smuggling in Italy
Policy Study: The Incidence of Gasoline Excise Taxes
Property Taxes
The Property Tax
Base Property Tax Rates
Property Tax Administration
Property Tax Incidence
Discontent and Relief Mechanisms Policy Study:
Property Taxes and House Values:
Estimation of Tax Capitalization in Massachusetts
Multilevel Government and Intergovernmental Relations
Government Budgets,
Borrowing, and Deficit Finance
Government Accounting,
Budgets and Budget Processes
What Determines the Size of the Federal Deficit?
State and Local Government Debt Tax or Borrow:
Comparing Tax Financing and Deficit Financing of Government Policy Study:
Build It and They Will Come--
Sports Stadia and Municipal Bond
Financing Policy Study:
The Balanced Budget Amendment Policy Study:
State Rainy Day Funds
Multilevel Government Finance
Fiscal Federalism:
A Framework for Analysis
Expenditure and Tax Assignment
Grants Mandates Fiscal Disparities Policy Study:
Effects of Changing the Federal Speed Limit Mandate
The Economics of Local Governments
Clubs and Club Goods
Local Public Goods
Communities as Spatial Clubs:
The Tiebout Model Policy Study:
The Nebraska Corn Board as a Club Policy Study:
The European Monetary Union as a Club
Policymaking and Policy Analysis
Policymaking Institutions
World Institutions
Policy Analysis and Policymaking
Careers in Public Finance and Policy Analysis
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Public Finance Principles and Policy

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