Public Finance: A Contemporary Application of Theory to Policy (with InfoTrac, 1-Semester Printed Access Card) - Hardcover

David N. Hyman

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0324537190 ISBN 13: 9780324537192

Publisher: South-Western College Pub, 2008

Synopsis

Once again, popular author and seasoned economist Dr. David Hyman delivers a balanced presentation of public policy that equips readers with a solid understanding of economic theory and how it affects policy issues. Extremely student friendly, PUBLIC FINANCE, 9th edition thoroughly illustrates the role government plays in the economy and explains how and why the public sector makes decisions. The text also describes public goods--the many instances in which the public sector does not make efficient decisions and the government must step in to provide goods efficiently and equitably to all members of society. The book provides comprehensive coverage of tax issues (the supply of public funds), as well as includes such topics as health care, cost-benefit analysis, and other issues that involve government-spending decisions--issues that deal with the demand for public funds. Packed with timely, real-world examples, Public Finance provides an interesting read that sparks lively student discussion and debate with its coverage of such hot topics as national defense and homeland security, pollution rights, Social Security reform, federal tax reform, the War in Iraq, and much more. Turning the spotlight on numerous international governments, the text also gives students an excellent overview of the role of economics in the global marketplace. In addition, it includes numerous study tools and exercises to help students sharpen their economic acumen.

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About the Author:

David N. Hyman, professor of economics and alumni distinguished undergraduate professor at North Carolina State University, has taught both undergraduate and graduate courses in public finance there since 1969. Professor Hyman received his Ph.D. in Economics from Princeton University. He has held Woodrow Wilson, Earhart, and Ford Foundation fellowships and was a Fullbright senior research scholar in Italy in 1980. In 1997, he was visiting professor of economics at the University of Ferrara in Italy. Professor Hyman is a member of the Academy of Outstanding Teachers at North Carolina State University and received the Alumni Association Outstanding Teacher Award in 1982 and 1996. He is the author of several widely used textbooks in economics and has published scholarly articles in the NATIONAL TAX JOURNAL, PUBLIC CHOICE, the JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS EDUCATION, and other respected academic journals. Professor Hyman served the President's Council of Economic Advisors as a consultant and senior staff economist from 1988 to 1989. He also has been a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution and has worked as a government budget analyst and as an economist for the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the U.S. Comptroller of the Currency. Professor Hyman also is a photographer whose palladium and platinum prints are in the permanent collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. His photographs have been exhibited by galleries and museums and have been published in art books and on the covers of several novels.

Review:

PART I: THE ECONOMIC BASIS FOR GOVERNMENT ACTIVITY. 1. Government Activity in the Modern Mixed Economy. 2. The Efficiency Criterion. 3. Internalizing Externalities. 4. The Theory of Public Goods. 5. Collective Choice and Politics. PART II: GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES AND POLICY IN THE UNITED STATES: SELECTED ISSUES. 6. Government Budgeting and Cost-Benefit Analysis. 7. Government Aid to The Poor. 8. Social Insurance. 9. Health Care Expenditures. PART III: FINANCING GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES. 10. Alternative Means of Government Finance. 11. Economic Analysis of Taxation. 12. Fiscal Balance and Public Debt. PART IV: TAXATION: THEORY AND STRUCTURE. 13. Income Taxes. 14. Personal Income Taxes in the United States. 15. Business Income Taxes. 16. Consumption Taxes. 17. Wealth Taxes. PART V: STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE. 18. Public Finance in a Federal System of Government.

About this edition

• Publisher: South-Western College Pub
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0324537190
• ISBN 13: 9780324537192
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 748