State and Local Public Finance

Zusatztext "...gets better with each edition... should beused inall S&Lclasses and on every public finance professor's desk" - Gary C. Cornia! Former Dean of the Marriott School of Management! Brigham Young University Informationen zum Autor Ronald C. Fisher is Professor of Economics at Michigan State University, where he specializes in the finance of state and local governments and intergovernmental fiscal relations. Klappentext This well established text provides a comprehensive and sophisticated analysis of state and local government public finance practices and issues using the basic tools of economics. Throughout the book! there is a focus on the most important services provided in the state-local sector - education! health and welfare! public safety! and transportation. This fully revised new edition sees updates throughout to data! topics! and applications. The text has been brought up to date with key issues including the effects of the financial crisis on state and local governments! the Affordable Care Act and implications for Medicaid spending by state governments! and the impact of changes in population! technology and the housing market. Zusammenfassung Now in its 4th edition, 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. For this new edition, there is a focus on the most important services provided in the state-local sector: education, health and welfare, public safety, and transportation. This textbook provides an examination and analysis of public finance practices and problems in a federal fiscal system, focusing on the fiscal behaviour and policies of state and local governments. The author presents detailed descriptions of significant institutions. Modern economic theory is applied to examine the way these institutions are used to produce and finance services, and to provide evaluation of alternative policies. Although the emphasis is on U.S. institutions and issues, much of the economic analysis can be applied to any federal system or to fiscal decentralization. This fully revised new edition sees updates throughout to data, topics, and applications. The Headlines and Applications sections reflect the most current policy issues affecting state and local governments. These include the effects of the Great Recession on state and local governments, changes in the tax treatment of internet purchases, the Affordable Care Act and implications for Medicaid spending by state governments, demographic changes and the implications for state-local finances, the implications of changes in automobile technology for transportation financing, and the potential for increased gambling activity. This text will continue to be invaluable reading for those who study public finance, local government finance, urban economics and public policy and public administration. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 Introduction Chapter 1. Why State and Local Government Finance Chapter 2. Microeconomic Analysis: Market Efficiency and Market Failure Part II Public Choice and Fiscal Federalism Chapter 3. Demand for State and Local Government Goods and Services Chapter 4. Public Choice Without Mobility: Voting Chapter 5. Public Choice Through Mobility Chapter 6. Organization of Subnational Government Part III Provision of State and Local Goods and Services Chapter 7. Budgeting and Fiscal Outcomes Chapter 8. Costs and Production of State and Local Goods and Services Chapter 9. Pricing of Government Goods—User Charges Chapter 10. Intergovernmental Grants Chapter 11. Borrowing, Debt, and Capital Investment Part IV Revenue for State and Local Governments Chapter 12. Principles of Tax Analysis Chapter...

Product details

• Authors: Ronald C. Fisher, Ronald C. (Michigan State University Fisher
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.08.2015
• EAN: 9780765644275
• ISBN: 978-0-7656-4427-5
• No. of pages: 722
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries