Table of Contents
Part I Introduction
Public Sector in Mixed
Economy
Public Sector in the United
States
Part II Fundamentals of
Welfare Economics
Market Efficiency
Market Failure
Efficiency and Equity
Part III Public
Expenditure Theory
Public Goods and Publicly
Provided Private Goods
Public Choice
Public Production and
Bureaucracy
Externalities and the
Environment
Part IV Expenditure Programs
The Analysis and Expenditure
Policy
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Health Care
Defense and Technology
Social Insurance
Welfare Programs and the
Redistribution
Education
Part V Taxation
Introduction to Taxation
Tax Incidence
Taxation and Economic
Efficiency
Optimal Taxation
Taxation and Capital
The Personal Income Tax
The Corporate Income Tax
A Student's Guide to Tax
Avoidance
Reform of the Tax
Systems
Part VI
Fiscal Issues
State and Local Taxes and
Expenditures
Deficit Finance
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