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Emphasizing policymaking and policy analysis, POLICY APPLICATIONS AND PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC FINANCE, 2E, International Edition uses a variety of applications to deliver modern treatment of everything from overviews and definitions to analysis of advanced topics. The book evenly addresses local, state, and federal issues, and shows you how to use fiscal federalism as a way to analyze public finance and policies. The author also demonstrates the effects of international concerns on domestic public policy, lacing the text with discussions about the IMF, World Bank, Kyoto Protocol, and many other topics that impact all citizens of the world.
List of contents
1. Economics of the Public Sector.
2. Methods and Measurements in Public Finance.
3. Welfare Economics and Public Goods.
4. Externalities.
5. Income Distribution and Transfer Programs.
6. Collective Decision Making.
7. Benefit-Cost Analysis in Program Evaluation.
8. The Pricing of Public Goods and Services.
9. Social Insurance Programs.
10. The Structure of Taxes.
11. Efficiency Effects of Taxes and Subsidies.
12. Incentive Effects of Taxation.
13. Equity Aspects of Taxes and Expenditures.
14. Income and Payroll Taxes.
15. The Corporate Income Tax.
16. Sales and Excise Taxes.
17. Property Taxes.
18. Deficit Finance, Government Budgets and Borrowing.
19. Multilevel Government Finance.
20. The Economics of Local Governments.
21. Policy Analysis and Policy Making.
