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Klappentext Public Finance and Public Policy was the first text to reflect current realities of public finance! with emphasis on empirical work and coverage of transfer programs and social insurance. The fourth edition is fully updated including coverage of new debates on EPA policy! global warming! school choice programs and the Job Creation Act of 2012. PART I: BACKGROUND Why Study Public Finance? Theoretical Tools of Public Finance Empirical Tools of Public Finance Budget Analysis and Deficit Financing PART II: EXTERNALITIES AND PUBLIC GOODS Externalities: Problems and Solutions Externalities in Action: Environmental and Health Externalities Public Goods: Problems and Solutions Cost/Benefit Analysis Implementing Public Goods: Political Economy and Public Choice State and Local Government Expenditures Public Goods in Action: Education PART III: SOCIAL INSURANCE AND REDISTRIBUTION Social Insurance Social Security Unemployment Insurance, Workers' Compensation and Disability Insurance Health Insurance I: Health Economics and Private Health Insurance Health Insurance II: Medicare and Medicaid Income Distribution and Welfare PART IV: TAXATION IN THEORY AND PRACTICE Taxation in the U.S. and Around the World The Equity Implications of Taxation - Tax Incidence Tax Inefficiencies and Their Implications for Optimal Taxation Taxes on Labour Supply Taxation of Savings Taxes on Risk Taking and Wealth Issues of Corporate Taxation Issues of Corporate Taxation ...
