
Economics Of The Public Sector
Pearson (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 25. February 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
536 pages
978-0-13-096641-4 (ISBN)
Description
This comprehensive new text breaks the mould of traditional Public Sector Economics texts. It provides the student with a solid grounding in theory and focuses on how this theory can be applied to a broad range of contemporary issues such as health and education, the monopoly regulation and privatisation, as well as taxes and incentives. This approach teaches the student to understand how the public sector interacts with the rest of the economy, why governments act in the way they do, enabling them to evaluate policies and their alternatives.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Harlow
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 189 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
1024 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-096641-4 (9780130966414)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
- Introduction
- Economic Rationales for the State
- Equity and Efficiency
- Public Goods
- Externalities
- Asymmetric Information
- Benefit Analysis
- Public Choice
- Government Failure
- Taxation
- Tax Incidence and Efficiency
- Intertemporal Issues
- Taxes on Labour
- Social Insurance and the Welfare State
- Income Inequality
- Poverty
- Social Policy
- Pensions and Ageing
- Healthcare
- Education and Training
- Privatisation and Social Ownership
- Regulation and Competition Policy
- The Environment
- Federal Issues and the European Union