Handbook of public finance /

This reference/text demonstrates the utility of integrating public finance theory with actual public policy practices - featuring unique emphases on and approaches to issues such as government spending, reporting, pricing, and fiscal federalism. Discussing applications in major subfields of public f...

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Other Authors: Thompson, Fred, 1942 October 29-, Green, Mark T., 1964-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Marcel Dekker, ©1998.
Series:Public administration and public policy ; 67.
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Summary:This reference/text demonstrates the utility of integrating public finance theory with actual public policy practices - featuring unique emphases on and approaches to issues such as government spending, reporting, pricing, and fiscal federalism. Discussing applications in major subfields of public finance, including public education, environmental regulation, energy policy, social welfare programs, and local and state politics, the Handbook of Public Finance furnishes edifying surveys on normative public finance...institutional design...tax burden analysis...cost-benefit analysis...governmental accounting...the budgeting process...tax administration...innovative public goods pricing models...and more. Helpfully supplemented with more than 1500 bibliographic citations, tables, and drawings, the Handbook of Public Finance is a reference for public policy, budget, and financial analysts at local, state, and federal levels; city managers; economists; public administrators; political scientists; and directors of finance and operations; as well as a readily accessible text for graduate-level students taking courses in public finance, cost-benefit analysis, environmental policy, education policy, governmental accounting, regulation, public policy analysis, and budgeting.
Physical Description:xii, 665 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0824701348
9780824701345