Some Lessons from the New Public Finance / Joseph E. Stiglitz, Michael J. Boskin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stiglitz, Joseph E.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Boskin, Michael J.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w0151.

NBER working paper series no. w0151

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Finance--Social aspects.

Finance.

Financial institutions--Econometric models.

Financial institutions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1976.

Cambridge, Mass. : National Bureau of Economic Research, 1976.

Summary:

In the last few years, there has developed a large literature, sometimes referred to as the new "public finance," providing a quantitative analysis of a number of traditional problems within the field. This paper is concerned with surveying, or interpreting, what can be learned from this literature; and our belief is that it has taught us a great deal. We concern ourselves here not so much with the derivation of precise formulae, e.g. for optimal tax rates, but with the more general lessons which have emerged.

Notes:

Print version record

October 1976.