Intermediate Public Economics - Couverture rigide

Hindriks, Jean; Myles, Gareth D.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0262083442 ISBN 13 : 9780262083447

Editeur : The MIT Press, 2006

Synopsis

A comprehensive and accessible text that covers the core topics of public economics as well as recent developments in political economy, information, games, multiple jurisdictions, and intertemporal issues.

Public economics studies how government taxing and spending activities affect the economy—economic efficiency and the distribution of income and wealth. This comprehensive text in public economics covers the core topics market failure and taxation as well as recent developments in the political economy and public choice literatures. It is unique not only in its broad scope but in its balance between public finance and public choice and its combination of theory and relevant empirical evidence.

After introducing the theory and methodology of public economics and reviewing the efficiency of the competitive equilibrium, the book presents a historical and theoretical overview of the public sector. It then discusses departures from efficiency, including imperfect competition and asymmetric information; issues in political economy, including rent-seeking (a topic often omitted from other texts); equity; taxation issues, including tax evasion and its consequences; fiscal federalism and tax competition among independent jurisdictions; and the intertemporal issues of social security and economic growth.

This text introduces the reader to the theory of public economics and the most significant results of the analysis, providing an overview of the current state of the field. It is accessible to anyone with a background of intermediate microeconomics and macroeconomics and can be used in advanced undergraduate as well as graduate courses. Although the mathematics has been kept to a minimum, the book remains analytical rather than discursive. Annotated suggestions for further reading and numerous exercises are included at the end of each chapter.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jean Hindriks is Professor in the Economics Department and Codirector of the Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) at the Université Catholique de Louvain.

Gareth D. Myles is Head of Department and Professor of Economics at the University of Exeter and a Research Fellow at the Institute for Fiscal Studies. He is the author of Public Economics.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The MIT Press
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0262083442
• ISBN 13: 9780262083447
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 720
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• Personne responsable: non disponible