財政と公共政策：政府の責任と限界（第２版） Public Finance and Public Policy : Responsibilities and Limitations of Government （2ND）

Hillman, Arye L.

Cambridge Univ Pr（2009/04発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 859 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780521738057
• DDC分類 336

Full Description

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.

Contents

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.