State and Local Public Finance

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.

List of contents

PART I Introduction
1 Why study state and local government finance?
2 Microeconomic analysis: market effiiency and market failure
PART II Public choice and fiscal federalism
3 Demand for state and local government goods and services
4 Public choice without mobility: voting
5 Public choice through mobility
6 Organization of subnational government
PART III Provision of state and local goods and services
7 Supply of state and local goods and services
8 Pricing of government goods: user charges
9 Intergovernmental grants
10 Capital investment, borrowing, and debt
PART IV Revenue for state and local governments
11 Principles of tax analysis
12 The property tax
13 Sales and excise taxes
14 Individual income taxes
15 Business taxes
16 Revenue from government monopoly and regulation
PART V Applications and policy analysis
17 Education
18 Transportation
19 Health and welfare
20 Economic development

About the author

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Ronald C. Fisher, Ronald C. (Michigan State University Fisher, Fisher Ronald C.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.11.2022
• EAN: 9780367467241
• ISBN: 978-0-367-46724-1
• No. of pages: 584
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; USA, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Taxation / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Government & Business, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Public Finance, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Urban & Regional, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, macroeconomics, Politics & government, United States of America, USA, Politics and government, Public finance, Microeconomics, Public finance and taxation, Civil service and public sector, Civil Service & Public Sector