Public Finance

Part 1 IntroductionChapter 1 Public Finance and Attitudes Toward GovernmentAppendix: Doing Research in Public Finance Chapter 2 Government at a GlancePart 2 Tools of Public FinanceChapter 3 Tools of Positive AnalysisChapter 4 Tools of Normative AnalysisAppendix: Consumer and Producer SurplusPart 3 Analysis of Public ExpenditureChapter 5 Public GoodsAppendix: Preference Revelation MechanismsChapter 6 ExternalitiesChapter 7 Political EconomyChapter 8 Income Redistribution: Conceptual IssuesChapter 9 Expenditure Programs for the PoorChapter 10 Social Insurance I: Social Security and Unemployment InsuranceChapter 11 Social Insurance II: Health CareChapter 12 Cost-Benefit AnalysisAppendix: Calculating the Certainty Equivalent ValuePart 4 A Framework for Tax AnalysisChapter 13 Taxation and Income DistributionChapter 14 Taxation and EfficiencyAppendix A: Formula for Excess BurdenAppendix B: Multiple Taxes and the Theory of the Second BestChapter 15 Efficient and Equitable TaxationPart 5 The United States Revenue SystemChapter 16 The Personal Income TaxChapter 17 Personal Taxation and BehaviorChapter 18 The Corporation TaxChapter 19 Deficit FinanceChapter 20 Taxes on Consumption and WealthPart 6 Multigovernment Public FinanceChapter 21 Public Finance in a Federal SystemAppendix: Some Basic Microeconomics