Lecture Notes In State And Local Public Finance (Parts I And Ii)

by John Yinger

Overview

This book is based on lectures conducted for two classes at the Maxwell School, Syracuse University: A Public Finance Seminar for PhD students in public administration and State and Local Public Finance for master's students in public administration.Topics covered include the role of voters in a federal system, the sorting of different households into different communities, the determinants of public service costs, the property tax and other sources of local (and state) revenue, fiscal aspects of economic development, and intergovernmental aid (especially for education).The notes for the Ph.D. class also cover several more advanced topics, such as the estimation of education production and cost functions, the capitalization of school quality into house values, and tax competition among jurisdictions. The focus in these notes is on the highly decentralized federal system in the United States, but many of the principles and much of the behavioral analysis in the class apply to other countries as well.These notes draw on Professor Yinger's extensive teaching experience and publication record in state and local public finance. They should prove useful to many teachers, scholars, and students who find topics in state and local public finance that they wish to pursue.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789811200908
Publisher:	World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	01/16/2020
Series:	World Scientific Lecture Notes In Economics And Policy , #8
Pages:	560
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.25(d)

Table of Contents

Part 1: Public Finance Seminar for PhD Students: The Property Tax; Public Production Functions; Program Evaluation; Public Cost Functions; Cost Indexes and Pupil Weights; School District Consolidation; The Demand for Local Public Services; State Aid to Local Governments; Bidding and Sorting; Property Tax Capitalization; Housing Hedonics; School Quality Capitalization; Sales Taxes; Property Tax Incidence; Tax Competition; Tax Rates and Economic Development; Tax Breaks and Economic Development; Infrastructure; Bond Markets; Part 2: State and Local Public Finance for Master's Degree Students: Introduction; The Demand for Local Public Services; Local Voting; Local Public Service Costs, 1; Local Public Service Costs, 2; Local Public Revenue; Property Tax Capitalization; Property Tax Incidence; Income and Sales Taxes; Revenue from Government Monopoly; User Fees; Infrastructure; Municipal Bonds, 1; Municipal Bonds, 2; Economic Development, 1; Economic Development, 2; Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations; State Aid to Education; Educational Accountability