9780073511283

"Public Finance"--while continuing to follow an innovative approach that is both theoretical and empirical--is now completely updated to reflect major changes in its key topics. New or revised information includes explanations of the Social Security trust fund, a new section on the alternative minimum tax (AMT), possible links between the corporation tax and high-profile scandals such as Enron, and more.. .

Ted Gayer is an associate professor at Georgetown University's Public Policy Institute.

Getting Started
Introduction
Tools Of Positive Analysis
Tools Of Normative Analysis
Public Expenditure: Public Goods and Externalities
Public Goods
Externalities
Political Economy
Education
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Public Expenditure: Social Insurance and Income Maintenance
The Health Care Market
Government And The Market For Health Care
Social Security
Income Redistribution: Conceptual Issues
Expenditure Programs for the Poor
A Framework for tax Analysis
Taxation and Income Distribution
Taxation and Efficiency
Efficient and Equitable Taxation
The United States Revenue System
The Personal Income Tax
Personal Taxation and Behavior
The Corporation Tax
Deficit Finance
Fundamental Tax Reform: Taxes on Consumption and Wealth
Multigovernment Public Finance
Public Finance in a Federal System
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Public Finance

Public Finance

0073511285

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