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W. W. Norton & Company : College Books

Public Finance

Contents

  • Part One: Introduction
    • Chapter 1: The Public Sector in a Mixed Economy
    • Chapter 2: The Public Sector in the United States

  • Part Two: Fundamentals of Wellfare Economics
    • Chapter 3: Market Efficiency
    • Chapter 4: Market Failures
    • Chapter 5: Efficiency and Equity

  • Part Three: Public Expenditure Theory
    • Chapter 6: Public Goods and Publicly Provided Private Goods
    • Chapter 7: Public Choice
    • Chapter 8: Public Production and Bureaucracy
    • Chapter 9: Externalities and the Environment

  • Part Four: Expenditure Programs
    • Chapter 10: The Analysis of Expenditure Policy
    • Chapter 11: Cost-Benefit Analysis
    • Chapter 12: Health Care
    • Chapter 13: Defense and Technology
    • Chapter 14: Social Insurance
    • Chapter 15: Welfare Programs and the Redistribution of Income
    • Chapter 16: Education

  • Part Five: Taxation Theory
    • Chapter 17: Introduction to Taxation
    • Chapter 18: Tax Incidence
    • Chapter 19: Taxation and Economic Efficiency
    • Chapter 20: Optimal Taxation
    • Chapter 21: Taxation of Capital

  • Part Six: Taxation in the United States
    • Chapter 22: The Personal Income Tax
    • Chapter 23: The Corporation Income Tax
    • Chapter 24: A Student's Guide to Tax Avoidance
    • Chapter 25: Reform of the Tax System

  • Part Seven: Further Issues
    • Chapter 26: Fiscal Federalism
    • Chapter 27: State and Local Taxes and Expenditures
    • Chapter 28: Deficit Finance