TY - BOOK AU - Rosen,Harvey S. AU - Gayer,Ted TI - Public finance SN - 9780073511283 (alk. paper) AV - HJ257.2 .R67 PY - 2008/// CY - Boston PB - McGraw-Hill Irwin KW - Finance, Public N1 - 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 ER -