Public finance /
Harvey S. Rosen ,Ted Gayer and Abdulkadir Civan
- Tenth Edition
- Boston, Massachusetts : McGraw Hill Education, c2014
- xxii, 586 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Tools of positive analysis -- Tools of normative analysis -- Public goods -- Externalities -- Political economy Education -- Cost-benefit analysis -- The Health care market -- Government and the market for health care -- Social security -- Income redistribution: conceptual issues -- Expenditure programs for the poor -- Taxation and income distribution -- Taxation and efficiency -- Efficient and equitable taxation -- The personal income tax -- Personal taxation and behavior -- Deficit finance -- Fundamental tax reform: taxes on consumption and wealth -- Public finance in a federal system .
Incorporating developments, this title provides students with a view of the role of government spending and taxation. It emphasizes the links between economics and the analysis of real-world policy problems .