Economics of the public sector - Stiglitz, Joseph E. (New York W. W. Norton, 2000)
Preface. Part One. Introduction: 1. The Public Sector in a Mixed Economy -- 2. The Public Sector in the United States -- Part two. Fundamentals of Welfare Economics: 3. Market Efficiency -- 4. Market Failure -- 5. Efficiency and Equity -- Appendix. Alternative Measures of Inequality -- Part Three. Public Expenditure Theory: 6. Public Goods and Publicly Provided Private Goods -- Appendix A. The Leftover Curve -- Appendix B. Measuring the Welfare Cost of User Fees -- 7. Public Choice -- Appendix. New Preference-Revelation Mechanisms -- 8. Public Production and Bureaucracy -- 9. Externalities and the Environment -- Part Four. Expenditure Programs: 10. The Analysis of Expenditure Policy -- 11. Cost-Benefit Analysis -- 12. Health Care -- 13. Defense and Technology -- 14. Social Insurance -- 15. Welfare programs and the Redistribution of Income -- 16. Education -- Appendix. How Should Public Educational Funds be Allocated? -- Part Five. Taxation - Theory: 17. Introduction to Taxation -- 18. Tax Incidence -- Appendix. Comparison of the Effects of an Ad Valorem and Specific Commodity Tax on a Monopolist -- 19. Taxation and Economic Efficiency -- 20. Optimal Taxation -- Appendix A. Deriving Ramsey Taxes on Commodities -- Appendix b. Derivation of Ramsey Formula for Linear Demand Schedule -- 21. Taxation of Capital -- 22. The Personal Income Tax -- 23. The Corporation Income Tax -- 24. A Student's Guide to Tax Avoidance -- 25. Reform of the Tax System -- Part Seven. Further Issues: 26. Fiscal Federalism -- 27. State and Local Taxes and Expenditures -- 28. Deficit Finance.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Finance, Public -- United States; Fiscal policy -- United States..