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Lectures on public economics / Anthony B. Atkinson and Joseph E. Stiglitz.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2015.Description: xxx, 532 pages : illustrations ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 9780691166414
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 336 23 At875
Contents:
Part one: The analysis of policy. Introduction: public economics -- 2. Household decisions, income taxation, and labour supply -- 3. Taxation, savings, and decisions over time -- 4. Taxation and risk-taking -- 5. Taxation and the firm -- 6. Tax incidence: simple competitive equilibrium model -- 7. Tax incidence: departures from the standard model -- 8. Taxation and debt in a growing economy -- 9. Distributional effect of taxatoin and public expenditure -- 10. Theories of the state and public economics -- Part two: The design of policy. 11. Introduction to part two: normative analysis -- 12. The structure of indirect taxation -- 13. The structure of income taxation -- 14. A more general treatment of the optimal tax problem -- 15. Public sector pricing and production -- 16. Public goods and publicly provided private goods -- 17. Local public goods -- 18. Public economics: theory and policy.
Summary: This new edition makes it readily available again to a new generation of students and practitioners in public economics. The lectures presented here examine the behavioral responses of households and firms to tax changes. Topics include the effects of taxation on labor supply, savings, risk-taking, the firm, debt, and economic growth. The book then delves into normative questions such as the design of tax systems, optimal taxation, public sector pricing, and public goods, including local public goods. Written by two of the world's preeminent economists, this edition of Lectures on Public Economics features a new introduction by Anthony Atkinson and Joseph Stiglitz that discusses the latest developments in the field and areas for future research.Other editions: Reproduction of (manifestation): Atkinson, A. B. (Anthony Barnes), 1944- Lectures on public economics
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Part one: The analysis of policy. Introduction: public economics --
2. Household decisions, income taxation, and labour supply --
3. Taxation, savings, and decisions over time --
4. Taxation and risk-taking --
5. Taxation and the firm --
6. Tax incidence: simple competitive equilibrium model --
7. Tax incidence: departures from the standard model --
8. Taxation and debt in a growing economy --
9. Distributional effect of taxatoin and public expenditure --
10. Theories of the state and public economics --
Part two: The design of policy.
11. Introduction to part two: normative analysis --
12. The structure of indirect taxation --
13. The structure of income taxation --
14. A more general treatment of the optimal tax problem --
15. Public sector pricing and production --
16. Public goods and publicly provided private goods --
17. Local public goods --
18. Public economics: theory and policy.

This new edition makes it readily available again to a new generation of students and practitioners in public economics. The lectures presented here examine the behavioral responses of households and firms to tax changes. Topics include the effects of taxation on labor supply, savings, risk-taking, the firm, debt, and economic growth. The book then delves into normative questions such as the design of tax systems, optimal taxation, public sector pricing, and public goods, including local public goods. Written by two of the world's preeminent economists, this edition of Lectures on Public Economics features a new introduction by Anthony Atkinson and Joseph Stiglitz that discusses the latest developments in the field and areas for future research.

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