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Public finance : a contemporary application of theory to policy / David N. Hyman.

By: Material type: TextSeries: The Harcourt College Publishers series in managementPublication details: Fort Worth : Harcourt College Publishers, c2002.Edition: 7th edDescription: xx, 700 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0030337844
ISSN:
  • 9780030337840
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HJ141 .H95
Contents:
Part One. The economic basis for government activity -- Individuals and government -- Efficiency, markets and governments -- Externalities and government policy -- Public goods Public choice and the political process -- Part Two. Government expenditure and policy in the United States: Selected Issues -- Cost-benefit analysis and government investments -- Government subsidies and income support for the poor -- Social security and social insurance -- Government and health care -- Part Three. Financing government expenditure -- Introduction to government finance -- Taxation, prices, efficiency and the distribution of income -- Budget balance and government debt -- Part Four. Taxation: theory and structure -- The theory of income taxation -- Taxation of personal income in the United States -- Taxation of corporate income -- Taxes on consumption and sales -- Taxes on wealth, property and estates -- Part Five. State and local government finance -- Fiscal federalism and state and local government finance.
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Part One. The economic basis for government activity --
Individuals and government --
Efficiency, markets and governments --
Externalities and government policy --
Public goods Public choice and the political process --
Part Two. Government expenditure and policy in the United States: Selected Issues --
Cost-benefit analysis and government investments --
Government subsidies and income support for the poor --
Social security and social insurance --
Government and health care --
Part Three. Financing government expenditure --
Introduction to government finance --
Taxation, prices, efficiency and the distribution of income --
Budget balance and government debt --
Part Four. Taxation: theory and structure --
The theory of income taxation --
Taxation of personal income in the United States --
Taxation of corporate income --
Taxes on consumption and sales --
Taxes on wealth, property and estates --
Part Five. State and local government finance --
Fiscal federalism and state and local government finance.

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