Stiglitz, Joseph E. <br/><br/>
Economics of the public sector / 
Joseph E. Stiglitz, Jay K. Rosengard. 
 - Fourth edition. 
 - New York :  W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.,  2015. 
 - xxxii, 923 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Part one: Role and size of the public sector -- Defining public sector responsibilities -- Measuring public sector size -- Part two: Fundamentals of welfare economics -- Market efficiency -- Market failure -- Public goods and publicly provided private goods -- Externalities and the environment -- Efficiency and equity -- Part three: Public expenditure theory -- Public production of goods and services -- Public choice -- Part four: Public expenditure in practice -- Framework for analysis of expenditure policy -- Evaluating public expenditure -- Defense, research, and technology -- Health care -- Education -- Welfare programs and the redistribution of income -- Social insurance -- Part five: Taxation in theory -- Introduction to taxation -- Tax incidence -- Taxation and economic efficiency -- Optimal taxation -- Taxation of capital -- Part six: Taxation in practice -- The personal income tax -- The corporation income tax -- A student\'s guide to tax avoidance -- Reform of the tax system -- Part seven: Further issues -- Intergovernmental fiscal relations -- Subnational taxes and expenditures -- Fiscal deficits and government debt. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0393937097 9780393937091 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Finance, Public--United States.<br/>Fiscal policy--United States.<br/>Finance, Public.<br/>Fiscal policy.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>336.73 STI