Handbook of Public Sector Economics
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The Handbook of Public Sector Economics builds an understanding of the role of public economics in public administration, public policy, and decision making. The handbook introduces a wide variety of current issues related to the public provision and production of goods and services.
The volume documents the history of economics and fiscal doctrine, explores the theory of public goods and the structures from which resources are collected and expanded, and analyzes heavily debated issues of economics that are important to current and future practitioners of public policy and administration. It focuses on the effects of fiscal policy on savings and investment, consumer behavior, labor supply, wealth, property, and trade. Written in a simple and straightforward style, the initial chapters establish the foundation of public economics, with the subsequent chapters addressing the collection and distribution of government resources and market reactions to fiscal policies.
Table of Contents
Introduction to Public Economics and Fiscal Doctrine
The Evolution of Economics: The Search for a Theory
of Value, Lynn C. Burbridge
Basic Economics of Fiscal Decentralization, William Voorhees
Voting and Representative Democracy, Jane Beckett-Camarata
Bureaucracy and Bureaucrats, Patricia Moore
Theory of Public Goods
Public Goods, Paul C. Trogen
Provision and Production of Public Goods, Robert J. Eger III
Collection, Allocation, and Distribution
of Resources
Tax Systems and Structures, Carol Ebdon
Fiscal Characteristics of Public Expenditures, Suzanne Leland
Intergovernmental Grants, Shama Gamkhar
Public Debt and Stability, Gary R. Rassel
Transportation Infrastructure, John R. Bartle
E-Government Expenditures, Donijo Robbins and Gerald J. Miller
Market Reactions Collection, Allocation,
and Distribution
Government Fiscal Policy Impacts, Gerald J. Miller
Taxation and Consumer Behavior, Helisse Levine-Schayowitz
Federal Taxes and Decision Making: Individual Income,
Corporate Income, and Social Security Taxes, John D. Wong
Wealth, Property, and Asset-Building Policy in the U.S., Renée A. Irvin
International Trade and Public Policy: The Big Picture, Rafael Reuveny
