Readings in public finance /

Readings in public finance / edited by Amaresh Bagchi. - New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2005. - xii, 506 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

"Commissioned and supported by Indian Economic Association Trust for Research and Development" -- T.p.

Includes bibliographical references.

1. Introduction /​ Amaresh Bagchi
2. The nature of the fiscal state : the roots of my thinking /​ Richard A. Musgrave
3. The constitution of economic policy /​ James M. Buchanan
4. Public goods /​ Agnar Sandmo
5. Club goods /​ Martin C. McGuire
6. Externalities /​ U. Sankar
7. Merit goods /​ Richard A. Musgrave
8. Public choice /​ V. K. Borooah
9. The role of government in economic development /​ Joseph E. Stiglitz
10. Taxation and efficiency /​ Howell H. Zee
11. Taxation and equity /​ Howell H. Zee
12. Optimal taxation : an introduction to the literature /​ Agnar Sandmo
13. Optimal taxation and optimal tax systems /​ Joel Slemrod
14. The economic theory of tax compliance with special reference to tax compliance costs /​ Arindam Das-Gupta
15. Introduction to value added tax /​ Raja J. Chelliah
16. Does fiscal policy matter? /​ Alan Blinder and Robert M. Solow
17. Economics of government budget constraint /​ Stanley Fischer and William Easterly
18. Sustainability of public debt /​ Indira Rajaraman and Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay
19. Budget deficit : sustainability, solvency, and optimality /​ Mihir Rakshit
20. The meaning and significance of the fiscal deficit /​ Raja J. Chelliah
21. An essay on fiscal federalism /​ Wallace E. Oates
22. Changing contours in federal fiscal arrangement in India /​ M. Govinda Rao
23. Centre-state fiscal relations in India /​ George A. Akerlof
24. Public finance and public choice : two contrasting visions of the state /​ Amaresh Bagchi.

"This collection of essays on the theory and development of public finance provides a comprehensive overview of the discipline and its evolution by a stellar international cast of contributors. In a substantive introduction, Amaresh Bagchi lucidly explains the basic issues that have emerged and discusses their treatment in the existing literature. The volume is divided into five thematic sections." "This reader is essential for students and teachers of public finance at the postgraduate and senior undergraduate levels. It will also be useful to academics and policymakers."--BOOK JACKET.

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