Public Finance

Part 1: Introduction -- 1. Public Finance and Attitudes toward Government -- Appendix: Doing Research in Public Finance -- 2. Government at a Glance -- Part 2: Tools of Public Finance -- 3. Tools of Positive Analysis -- 4. Tools of Normative Analysis -- Appendix: Consumer Surplus -- Part 3: Analysis of Public Expenditure -- 5. Market Failure and Public Goods -- Appendix: Preference Revelation Mechanisms -- 6. Externalities -- 7. Public Choice -- 8. Income Redistribution: Conceptual Issues -- 9. Expenditure Programs for the Poor -- 10. Social Insurance I: Social Security and Unemployment Insurance -- 11. Social Insurance II: Health Care -- 12. Cost-Benefit Analysis -- Appendix: Calculating the Certainty equivalent Value -- Part 4: A Framework for Tax Analysis -- 13. Taxation and Income Distribution -- 14. Taxation and Efficiency -- Appendix A. Formula for Excess Burden -- Appendix B. Multiple Taxes and the Theory of the Second Best -- 15. Efficient and Equitatable Taxation -- Part 5: The United States Revenue System -- 16. The Personal Income Tax -- 17. Personal Taxation and Behavior -- 18. The Corporation Tax -- 19. Deficit Finance -- 20. Taxes on Consumption and Wealth -- Part 6: Multifovernment Public Finance -- 21. Public Finance in a Federal System -- Appendix Some Basic Microeconomics -- Glossary -- Selected References -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index