The marginal cost of public funds : theory and applications / by Bev Dahlby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dahlby, B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Expenditures, Public--Cost effectiveness.

Expenditures, Public.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (347 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text develops the basic theory of the marginal cost of public funds within the framework of public economics and shows how it is related to the traditional measures of the efficiency loss from distortionary taxation. The book includes exercises and recommendations for further reading at the end of each main chapter.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

1 Introduction

2 Conceptual Foundations of the MCF

3 The MCF for Commodity Taxes

4 The MCFs for Excise Taxes in Thailand and the United Kingdom

5 The MCF from Taxing Labor Income

6 Applications of the MCF from Taxing Labor Income

7 The MCF from Taxing the Return to Capital

8 The MCF from Public Sector Borrowing

9 The MCF in a Federal System of Government

10 Applications of the MCF in Federations

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-324) and index.

ISBN:

9786612100185

9781282100183

1282100181

9780262271141

0262271141

9781435647862

1435647866

OCLC:

232301362