Public Finance

Overview

Main description

Harvey Rosen’s scholarly and up-to-date Public Finance continues to be the market-leading book. The book takes its readers to the frontiers of current research, yet remains accessible to undergraduates. Although it draws upon the latest research, the book never loses sight of the reality it is supposed to describe, always drawing the links between economic analysis and current political issues.

Table of contents

Part One: Getting Started 1. Introduction 2. Tools of Positive Analysis 3. Tools of Normative Analysis Part Two: Analysis of Public Expenditure 4. Public Goods 5. Externalities 6. Political Economy 7. Income Redistribution: Conceptual Issues 8. Expenditure Programs for the Poor 9. Social Insurance I: Social Security and Unemployment Insurance 10. Social Insurance II: Health Care 11. Cost Benefit Analysis Part Three: A Framework for Tax Analysis 12. Taxation and Income Distribution 13. Taxation and Efficiency 14. Efficient and Equitable Taxation Part Four: The United States Revenue System 15. The Personal Income Tax 16. Personal Taxation and Behavior 17. The Corporation Tax 18. Deficit Finance 19. Taxes on Consumption and Wealth Part Five: Multigovernment Public Finance 20. Public Finance in Federal System Appendix: Some Basic Microeconomics