Economics of the Public Sector

Synopsis

Part One: Role And Size Of The Public Sector -- Defining Public Sector Responsibilities -- Measuring Public Sector Size -- Part Two: Fundamentals Of Welfare Economics -- Market Efficiency -- Market Failure -- Public Goods And Publicly Provided Private Goods -- Externalities And The Environment -- Efficiency And Equity -- Part Three: Public Expenditure Theory -- Public Production Of Goods And Services -- Public Choice -- Part Four: Public Expenditure In Practice -- Framework For Analysis Of Expenditure Policy -- Evaluating Public Expenditure -- Defense, Research, And Technology -- Health Care -- Education -- Welfare Programs And The Redistribution Of Income -- Social Insurance -- Part Five: Taxation In Theory -- Introduction To Taxation -- Tax Incidence -- Taxation And Economic Efficiency -- Optimal Taxation -- Taxation Of Capital -- Part Six: Taxation In Practice -- The Personal Income Tax -- The Corporation Income Tax -- A Student's Guide To Tax Avoidance -- Reform Of The Tax System -- Part Seven: Further Issues -- Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations -- Subnational Taxes And Expenditures -- Fiscal Deficits And Government Debt. Joseph E. Stiglitz, Jay K. Rosengard. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.