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內容簡介: |
The second edition of Public Finance and Public Policy retains
the first edition''s themes of investigation of responsibilities and
limitations of government. The present edition has been rewritten
and restructured. Public choice and political economy concepts and
political and bureaucratic principal-agent problems are introduced
at the beginning for application to later topics. Fairness, envy,
hyperbolic discounting, and other concepts of behavioral economics
are integrated throughout. The consequences of asymmetric
information and the tradeoff between efficiency and ex-post
equality are recurring themes. Key themes investigated are markets
and governments, institutions and governance, public goods, public
finance for public goods, market corrections externalities and
paternalist public policies, voting, social justice, entitlements
and equality of opportunity, choice of taxation, and the need for
government. The purpose of the book is to provide an accessible
introduction to the use of public finance and public policy to
improve on market outcomes.
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目錄:
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1. Markets and governments
2. Institutions and governance
3. Public goods
4. Public finance for public goods
5. Market corrections
6. Voting
7. Social justice
8. Entitlements and equality of opportunity
9. Choice of taxation
10. The need for government
Topics for discussion
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