A Course in Public Economics - Softcover

Leach, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521535670 ISBN 13: 9780521535670

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2003

Synopsis

Covering core topics that explore the government's role in the economy, this textbook is intended for third or fourth year undergraduate students and first year graduate students. It includes markets, externalities, public goods, imperfect competition, asymmetric information and efficiency, and asymmetric information and income redistribution. A knowledge of intermediate microeconomics and basic calculus is assumed. Each chapter contains exercises at the end, whose solutions are available to instructors. Instructors' resource page: http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/leach/

About this title

Book Description

This textbook in public economics explores the government's role in the economy. It is intended for third or fourth year undergraduate students and first year graduate students. The core topics covered include markets, externalities, public goods, imperfect competition, asymmetric information and efficiency, and asymmetric information and income redistribution. A knowledge of intermediate microeconomics and basic calculus is assumed. Each chapter contains exercises at the end, whose solutions are available to instructors.

About the Author

John Leach served in three Anglican parishes before taking up his appointment in 1997 as Director of Anglican Renewal Ministries. Following a period in secular work as a truck driver, he worked with three churches on the Island of Jersey. He was appointed in 2004 to the post of Parish Development Adviser in the Diocese of Monmouth, in the Church in Wales. He has written widely on topics related to renewal, music, liturgy, and worship, and lives with his family in Newport, South Wales.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0521535670
• ISBN 13: 9780521535670
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 434