Public Finance
A Normative Theory
- 2nd Edition - May 8, 2002
- Author: Richard W. Tresch
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 6 9 9 0 5 1 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 5 1 5 4 1 - 0
Featuring a general equilibrium framework that is both cohesive and versatile, the Second Edition of Public Finance: A Normative Theory brings new and updated information to this c… Read more
Featuring a general equilibrium framework that is both cohesive and versatile, the Second Edition of Public Finance: A Normative Theory brings new and updated information to this classic text. Through its concentration on the microeconomic theory of the public sector in the context of capitalist market economics it addresses the subjects traditionally at the heart of public sector economics, including public good theory, theory of taxation, welfare analysis, externalities, tax incidence, cost benefit analysis, and fiscal federalism. Its goal of providing a foundation, rather than attempting to present the most recent scholarship in detail, makes this Second Edition both a valuable text and a resource for professionals.
* Second edition provides new and updated information* Focuses on the heart of public sector economics, including public expenditure theory and policy, tax theory and policy, cost benefit-analysis, and fiscal federalism* Features a cohesive and versatile general equilibrium framework
Advanced undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in courses in public finance and public economics.
Part I: Introduction: The Content and Methodology of Public Sector TheoryIntroduction to Normative Public Sector TheoryA General Equilibrium Model for Public Sector AnalysisFirst-Best and Second-Best Analysis and the Political Economy of Public Sector EconomicsPart II: The Theory of Public Expenditures and Taxation: First-Best AnalysisThe Social Welfare Function in Policy AnalysisThe Problem of Externalities: An OverviewConsumption ExternalitiesProduction ExternalitiesThe US Anti-Pollution Policies: An Application of Externality TheoryThe Theory of Decreasing Cost ProductionThe First-Best Theory of TaxationApplying First-Best Principles of Taxation: What to Tax and HowPart III: The Theory of Public Expenditures and Taxation: Second-Best AnalysisIntroduction to Second-Best AnalysisThe Second-Best Theory of Taxation in One-Consumer Economies with Linear Production TechnologyThe Second-Best Theory of Taxation with General Production Technologies and Many ConsumersTaxation under Asymmetric InformationThe Theory and Measurement of Tax IncidenceExpenditure Incidence and Economy-Wide Incidence StudiesThe Second-Best Theory of Public Expenditures--OverviewTransfer Payments and Private InformationExternalities in a Second-Best EnvironmentDecreasing Costs and the Theory of the Second Best--the Boiteux ProblemGeneral Production Rules in a Second-Best EnvironmentPart IV: Cost-Benefit AnalysisIntroduction--the Issues of Cost-Benefit AnalysisThe Rate of Discount for Public InvestmentsUncertainty and the Arrow-Lind ProblemMeasurement Problems in Cost-Benefit AnalysisCost-Benefit Analysis and the Distribution of IncomeCommon Pitfalls in Cost-Benefit AnalysisPart V: Fiscal FederalismOptimal Federalism--Sorting the Functions of Government within the Fiscal HierarchyOptimal Federalism--The Sorting of People within the Fiscal HierarchyThe Role of Grants-in-Aid in a Federalist System of Government
- Edition: 2
- Published: May 8, 2002
- Language: English
RT
Richard W. Tresch
Richard Tresch earned a bachelor’s degree in 1965 from Williams College and a doctorate in
economics in 1973 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was a teaching assistant
prior to joining Boston College. He joined the Boston College faculty in 1969, and during his
49-year-long career in the college, Dr. Tresch has served as the Chairman of the Department of
Economics, Director of Graduate Studies, and Director of Undergraduate Studies. Currently, he is
Professor Emeritus of Economics at Boston College. In 1996, he was chosen as the Massachusetts
Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. He was one
of 585 national entrants in the foundation’s U.S. Professors of the Year Program, which salutes
outstanding undergraduate instructors, with the award recognized as one of the most prestigious
honors to be bestowed on professors. Dr. Tresch, a member of the American Economic Association,
has served on the board of editors of the American Economic Review and contributed to the New
England Journal of Business and Economics and Public Finance. Moreover, he is the editor of a fourvolume
major reference work on public sector economics.
Affiliations and expertise
Boston College, Massachusetts, USARead Public Finance on ScienceDirect