Handbook of public economics Volume 2
Theory of public goods / (W.H. Oakland) -- Incentives and the allocation of public goods / (J.-J. Laffont) -- The economics of the local public sector / (D.L. Rubinfeld) -- Markets, government, and the "new" political economy / (R. Inman) -- Income maintenance and social insurance / (A.B....
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam
North-Holland
1987, 1987
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| Series: | Handbooks in economics
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| Collection: | Elsevier Handbooks in Economics - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Theory of public goods / (W.H. Oakland) -- Incentives and the allocation of public goods / (J.-J. Laffont) -- The economics of the local public sector / (D.L. Rubinfeld) -- Markets, government, and the "new" political economy / (R. Inman) -- Income maintenance and social insurance / (A.B. Atkinson) -- The theory of cost-benefit analysis / (J. Dreze, N.H. Stern) -- Pareto efficient and optimal taxation and the new new welfare economics / (J.E. Stiglitz) -- Tax incidence / (L. Kotlikoff, L. Summers). This second volume of the Handbook of Public Economics is a continuation of volume one, with chapters surveying the literature on both the tax and expenditure areas of public economics. The material presents an up-to-date survey of the field of public economics by those actually doing work on the frontier of the subject, and is written in a manner that renders it useful to the public finance specialist, whilst remaining understandable for the student and non- specialist |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | xvii, 485-1106 pages illustrations |
| ISBN: | 0444879080 9780444879080 |