Modern Public Finance
In Modern Public Finance, senior scholars in the field review and synthesize recent theoretical developments in important areas—optimal taxation, public sector dynamics, distribution theory, and club theory, to name a few—which challenge us to understand and improve public policy. Each chapter highlights original research by a recognized leader in the field, relates this work to cumulative developments, and frames important questions for further study.
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In Modern Public Finance, senior scholars in the field review and synthesize recent theoretical developments in important areas—optimal taxation, public sector dynamics, distribution theory, and club theory, to name a few—which challenge us to understand and improve public policy. Each chapter highlights original research by a recognized leader in the field, relates this work to cumulative developments, and frames important questions for further study. Booknews Ten contributions survey the outstanding issues in public finance, reporting recent advances in the application of economic principles to taxation and public expenditure, and also drawing attention to fertile areas for future research. Arrangement is in sections on distribution, stabilization, dynamics; public goods, federalism; tax policy; and optimal taxation and extensions. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
1Introduction1Pt. IDistribution, Stabilization, Dynamics2The Distribution of the Tax Burden133Public Sector Dynamics58Pt. IIPublic Goods, Federalism4Public Goods and the Invisible Hand935Federalism and Government Finance126Pt. IIITax Policy6The Study and Practice of Income Tax Policy165Pt. IVOptimal Taxation and Extensions7Optimal Taxation and Government Finance2138Integrating Allocation and Stabilization Budgets2329Optimal Taxation and Public Policy24710Reflections on Optimal Tax Theory257Notes283References305Acknowledgments343Index345
\ BooknewsTen contributions survey the outstanding issues in public finance, reporting recent advances in the application of economic principles to taxation and public expenditure, and also drawing attention to fertile areas for future research. Arrangement is in sections on distribution, stabilization, dynamics; public goods, federalism; tax policy; and optimal taxation and extensions. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
