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Rosen, Harvey S.

Public finance / Harvey S. Rosen, Ted Gayer. - 8th ed. - Boston : McGraw-Hill Irwin, c2008. - xxvi, 596 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index

pt. 1. Getting started --
1. Introduction --
2. Tools of positive analysis --
3. Tools of normative analysis --
pt. 2. Analysis of public expenditure --
4. Public goods --
5. Externalities --
6. Political economy --
7. Income redistribution : conceptual issues --
8. Expenditure programs for the poor --
9. Social insurance I : Social Security and unemployment insurance --
10. Social insurance II : health care --
11. Cost-benefit analysis --
pt. 3. A framework for tax analysis --
12. Taxation and income distribution --
13. Taxation and efficiency --
14. Efficient and equitable taxation --
pt. 4. The United States Revenue System --
15. The personal income tax --
16. Personal taxation and behavior --
17. The corporation tax --
18. Deficit finance --
19. Taxes on consumption and wealth --
pt. 5. Multigovernment public finance --
20. Public finance in a federal system --
App. Some basic microeconomics.

ISBN: 9780073511283 (alk. paper) 0073511285 (alk. paper)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Finance, Public

LC Class. No.: HJ257.2 / .R67