Public Economics: Theory and Policy: Essays in Honor of Amaresh Bagchi - Hardcover

9788132105022: Public Economics: Theory and Policy: Essays in Honor of Amaresh Bagchi

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8132105028 ISBN 13: 9788132105022

Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd, 2011

This is a commemorative volume on Dr. Amaresh Bagchi, one of the greatest economic policy reformers of India, revered as the father of fiscal federalism in the country. The collection comprises original contributions by eminent scholars, who were also close friends and associates of Dr. Bagchi. Besides dealing with various important aspects of the subject of public economics and Dr. Bagchi′s work―both theoretical and applied―they also add a personal touch to compilation. The reminiscences reveal Dr. Bagchi the man as well as Dr. Bagchi the scholar.

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About the Author:

M. Govinda Rao is the Director of National Institute of Public Finance and Policy. He is also a Member of Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister. His past positions include Director, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore (1998–2002) and Fellow, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia (1995–98). Besides being a Member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, he has served on several advisory panels such as Member, International Advisory Panel on Governance; Member, Expert Committee on Multilevel Planning, Planning Commission, Government of India; Chairman, Expert Group on Taxation of Services (2000–01); Chairman, Technical Experts Committee on VAT; and Member, Consultative Group of Interstate Council, Government of India. He is also a Member of the Taxation Policy Group in the Initiative for Policy Dialogue led by Professor Joseph Stiglitz of Columbia University.

Dr Rao’s research interests include public finance and fiscal policy, fiscal federalism, and state and local finance. He has been a consultant to the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Asian Development Bank, and the UNDP on issues relating to tax policy and reforms, public expenditure management and fiscal decentralization in Cambodia, China, Laos, Pakistan, and Vietnam. His recent books include Political Economy of Federalism in India (2005); Sustainable Fiscal Policy for India: An International Perspective (edited with Peter Heller, 2006); and Development, Poverty and Fiscal Policy (2005).

Review:

This one-stop book on public economics is a tribute to economist Amaresh Bagchi. Edited by M. Govinda Rao and Mihir Rakshit, Public Economics is a compilation of 10 eclectic articles covering the entire gamut of relevant and important issues.... the book is a commendable compilation that will appeal to students and probably, bureaucrats and is worth reading.

Author: Businessworld Published On: 2012-01-02

The volume covers nine key articles on frontier areas of public economics. Overall, the volume is refreshing, contemporary, and reform-oriented, providing a befitting tribute to a life spent understanding and influencing a nation’s public finances....Students of public finance and policymakers will find substantial value in these essays.

Author: Economic & Political Weekly

This book is a collection of essays by eminent scholars, who were closely associated with Bagchi, as a tribute to his memory. The general objective has been to take forward some of Bagchi′s initiatives in the realm of public economics. Advanced students of economics will find the essays challenging and rewarding.... the essays open up many new areas for study and research and constitute a fitting tribute to one of the pioneers in studies on public economics in India.

Author: The Hindu

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