Public finance a normative theory
Featuring a general equilibrium framework that is both cohesive and versatile, the Second Edition of Public Finance: A Normative Theory brings new and updated information to this classic text. Through its concentration on the microeconomic theory of the public sector in the context of capitalist ma...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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San Diego, CA ; London :
Academic Press
c2002.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627618606719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Public Finance: A Normative Theory; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; PREFACE; PART I: INTRODUCTION: THE CONTENT AND METHODOLOGY OF PUBLIC SECTOR THEORY; Chapter 1. Introduction to Normative Public Sector Theory; The Fundamental Normative Questions; Government Expenditure Theory: Philosophical Underpinnings; Government Expenditure Theory and Market Failure; The Government Sector in the United States; The Theory of Taxation; Fiscal Federalism; The Theory of Public Choice; Summary; References; Chapter 2. A General Equilibrium Model for Public Sector Analysis
- A Baseline General Equilibrium Model; Efficiency: The Pareto-Optimal Conditions; Equity: The Social Welfare Function and Optimal Distribution of Income; Maximizing Social Welfare; Policy Implications and Conclusions; References; Chapter 3. First-Best and Second-Best Analysis and the Political Economy of Public Sector Economics; Lump-Sum Redistributions and Public Sector Theory; First-Best Analysis; Second-Best Analysis; Similarities Between First-Best and Second-Best Analysis; The Political Economy of the Social Welfare Function; Conclusion; References
- PART II: THE THEORY OF PUBLIC EXPENDITURES AND TAXATION-FIRST-BEST ANALYSIS; Chapter 4. The Social Welfare Function in Policy Analysis; Social Welfare and the Distribution of Income: The Atkinson Framework; Social Welfare and Consumption: The Jorgenson Analysis; Social Welfare and Social Mobility; References; Chapter 5. The Problem of Externalities-An Overview; Policy-Relevant Externalties; The Analysis of Externalities: Modeling Preliminaries; References; Chapter 6. Consumption Externalities; How Bad Can Externalities Be?
- The Worst of All Worlds-All Goods (Factors) are Pure Public Goods (Factors); The Existence of at Least One Pure Private Good; Nonexclusive Goods-The Samuelson Model; Aggregate Externalities; References; Chapter 7. Production Externalities; The Condensed Model for Production Externalities; Aggregate Production Externalities; Concluding Comments: The Problem of Nonconvex Production Possibilities; References; Chapter 8. The U.S. Antipollution Policies: An Application of Externality Theory; Preliminary Theoretical Considerations in Analyzing Pollution; U.S. Antipollution Policies
- Municipal Waste-Treatment Facilities and the Superfund: Defensive Antipollution Strategies; Concluding Comments; References; Appendix: History of U.S. Antipollution Legislation; Chapter 9. The Theory of Decreasing Cost Production; Decreasing Cost in General Equilibrium Analysis; Reflections on U.S. Policy Regarding Decreasing Cost Services: The Public Interest in Equity and Efficiency; References; Appendix: Returns to Scale, Homogeneity, and Decreasing Cost; Chapter 10. The First-Best Theory of Taxation; Public Choice and Pareto-Optimal Redistribution; Altruism, Free Riding, and Crowding Out of Private Charity
