TY - BOOK AU - Rosen, Harvey S. TI - Public finance SN - 9780077154691 AV - HJ 257.2 .R67 2014 PY - 2014/// CY - Boston, Massachusetts PB - McGraw Hill Education KW - FINANCE N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -