Public Finance and Public Policy
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Public Finance and Public Policy

A Political Economy Perspective on the Responsibilities and Limitations of Government

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eBook - PDF

Public Finance and Public Policy

A Political Economy Perspective on the Responsibilities and Limitations of Government

About this book

This new edition restructures and updates the political economy view of the responsibilities and limitations of government. Public-choice and behavioural concepts are prominent. Gender issues are included. Technical concepts are explained from first principles. Economic theory is rigorously applied. Excessive technicality is avoided. The book integrates traditional public finance topics - taxation, public goods, externalities, and income redistribution - with political self-interest, bureaucracy, voting, rent seeking, corruption, and the common-pool problem of public spending. Social justice is viewed as income equality, equality of opportunity, or the right to benefit from one's own effort. Public policies studied include the environment, education, health insurance, welfare payments and entitlements under moral hazard, unemployment insurance, paternalistic impositions, and defence and public safety. This book is ideal for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses that combine economic theory with a real-world perspective on the politics of public finance and public policy. A broad scope makes the book suitable for students in all countries.

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Information

Edition
3
Subtopic
Finance

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright page
  5. Dedication
  6. Themes
  7. Contents
  8. Preface to the Third Edition
  9. Part I Personal and Public Finance
  10. Part II Responsibilities of Government: Efficiency
  11. Part III Responsibilities of Government: Social Justice and the Rule of Law
  12. Part IV Limitations of Government: Politics and Policies
  13. Part V Concluding Overview
  14. Appendix A Topics in Public Policy
  15. Appendix B Supplements
  16. Index