Public Finance and Public Choice: Analytical Perspectives / Edition 3

by John Cullis, Philip Jones

Overview

Public Finance and Public Choice provides a solid foundation in contemporary public economics, analysing different theoretical approaches and contextualising the theory with relevant and up-to-date examples. The authors have retained the focus on the public choice school of thought in this new edition and have also added an emphasis on behavioural public finance. The comprehensive nature of the analysis, coupled with the intuitive diagrammatic approach, ensures that students using this book gain a thorough understanding of the subject.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199234783
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	10/25/2009
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	560
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.60(h) x 1.20(d)

Table of Contents

1. Market possibilities and prescriptions2. Evaluating public finance policy: consumer surplus, welfare criteria and market failure3. Public goods4. Collective decision-making: searching for the 'public interest'5. Rent-seeking, public provision and the 'return to the market'6. Evaluation of public expenditure: cost-benefit analysis7. Tax theory: the basic concepts8. Tax evasion and the black economy9. Income (re)distribution10. Central government11. Public choice aspects of macroeconomic policies12. Local government13. International issues and global goals14. Optimal taxation15. 'Behavioural public finance' and the role of the public sector16. Public sector failure and public expenditure growth

Editorial Reviews

"This book fills a genuine need by providing a joint introduction to Public Choice and Public Finance....By integrating the discussion Cullis and Jones produce a much more useful textbook. Further, this integration makes certain inter-relations much clearer than they would be in the ordinary handling. Altogether, people interested in keeping students up-to-date on recent developments will find this a most useful aid."—Gordon Tullock, University of Arizona

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