Public Finance and Public Choice

Are the way in which governments tax and spend efficient, and are they equitable? These questions are central to public sector economics and this second edition of Public Finance and Public Choice illustrates the controversies which surround them. This new edition continues to focus on both the social optimality and public choice approaches but also includes alternative perspectives. This successful text has been extensively rewritten, offering further microeconomic insight and additional examples of the application of theory. New sections include: The private provision of public goods; Privatization; The quasi market; The EC budget; QALYs (Quality Adjusted Life Years); Public debt; The impact of the public sector on economic growth. This clearly written, rigorous text offers a complete course in the economics of the public sector. It will be an indispensable text for students studying public economics, and also for students taking technical public policy or public administration courses.

ISBN 0198775792   Pages 446 ISBN13 9780198775799 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Oxford University Press   Weight (grammes) 886 Imprint Oxford University Press   Published in Oxford Format Paperback   Previous ISBN 9780077074005 Publication date 12 Mar 1998   Height (mm) 246 Library of Congress HJ141.C84   Width (mm) 189 DEWEY 336.41   Spine width (mm) 23 DEWEY edition DC21   Academic level Tertiary education

		Detailed Contents
		List of Figures
		List of Tables
1		Market possibilities and prescriptions		1
2		Evaluating public finance policy: consumer surplus, welfare criteria and market failure		23
3		Public goods		45
4		Collective decision-making; searching for the 'public interest'		71
5		Rent-seeking, public provision and the 'return to the market'		92
6		Evaluation of public expenditure: cost-benefit analysis		129
7		Tax theory: the basic concepts		159
8		Tax evasion and the black economy		191
9		Income (re)distribution		210
10		Central government		242
11		Public choice aspects of macroeconomic policies		273
12		Local government		293
13		International issues in public finance		333
14		Public sector failure and public expenditure growth		352
15		'Normative' optimal taxation		374
16		'Positive' optimal taxation		395
		Author Index		411
		Subject Index		417

'A first-rate textbook which should be a core part of any undergraduate public economics course. It is not intimidating and combines clear exposition and comprehensive coverage of the topics in a very readable style' Dr Dieter Helm, Fellow in Economics, New College, Oxford 'This book fills a genuine need by providing a joint introduction to Public Choice and Public Finance ... By integrating the discussion Cullis and Jones produce a much more useful textbook. Further, this integration makes certain inter-relations much clearer than they would be in the ordinary handling. Altogether, people interested in keeping students up to date on recent developments will find this a most useful aide.' Professor Gordon Tullock, Karl Eller Professor of Political Science, The University of Arizona

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