Public Economics

A rigorous, self-contained textbook covering all the central topics in public economics.

Gareth D. Myles (Author)

9780521497695, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 23 November 1995

564 pages, 72 b/w illus. 17 tables
24.4 x 18.8 x 3 cm, 1 kg

'As an introduction to the methods and content of standard public economics the book is excellent. Its comprehensive coverage will be particularly appreciated by post-graduate students, but practising economists in all areas will value it as a reference. Highly recommended.' Simon Vicary, The Economic Journal

This textbook provides a thorough treatment of all the central topics in public economics. Aimed at senior undergraduate and graduate students, it will also be invaluable to professional economists and to those teaching in the field. The book is entirely self-contained, giving all the equilibrium theory and welfare economics needed to understand the analyses. The author covers the Arrow-Debreu economy, welfare economics and the measurement of inequality and poverty which lay the foundations and emphasise the important role played by information. Within the competitive economy, he examines commodity taxation, income taxation and tax reform in a certain environment. He goes on to study the public economics of uncertainty, and then treats public goods, externalities, imperfect competition and tax evasion as departures from the standard competitive assumptions and looks at their implication for public economics derived.

Preface
Part I. Foundations: 1. Introduction
2. General equilibrium and welfare economics
3. Topics in measurement
Part II. Analysis in the Competitive Economy: 4. Commodity taxation
5. Income taxation
6. Policy reform
7. Risk
8. Corporate taxation
Part III. Relaxing the Assumptions: 9. Public goods
10. Externalities
11. Imperfect competition
12. Tax evasion
Part IV. Introducing Real Time: 13. Overlapping generations economies
14. Social security
15. Debt and taxation
References
Index.

Subject Areas: Economics [KC]