Public finance and taxation Books

The book combines interdisciplinary teams from business, economics, information science, law and political science to offer a unique and innovative interdisciplinary approach to the issue of international tax coordination.

Annually, the government commits significant expenditure to a type of public contracts which are known as Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) or the Private Finance Initiative (PFI). These contracts bind the public purse for decades in sectors such as...

Public sector management and accounting scholarship has witnessed enormous change over the last four decades. Several reform paradigms have become well-known and disseminated worldwide, under acronyms such as NPM - New Public Management, NPG - New Public...

Imagine knowing exactly how to manage your finances so that you can create your budget, save for emergencies, save for retirement, take care of your children, and buy your own home. Imagine also being able to easily adjust to life's changes, and never...

Topical and taking a bold stance in the contentious debate surrounding performance in the public sector, this thoroughly revised and updated second edition, packed full of new features, shows readers how performance thinking has a substantial impact on...

The book brings together recent analysis of public spending for agricultural growth and rural development in Africa, providing insights on the contributions of different types of public expenditures for poverty, growth and welfare outcomes.

Written during the early 1920s, at a time when Europe was still recovering from the catastrophe of the First World War, L.V. Birck's The Scourge of Europe examines the economic issues surrounding the existence of public debt, its history, and possible...

First published in 1962, The Theory of Economic Integration provides an excellent exposition of a complex and far-reaching topic.

This book examines questions of change and inertia in the context of the longstanding grievances over excessive taxation in rural China. How can some changes be sustained, whilst others cannot? How can a longstanding administrative practice be changed or...

In all highly industrialized countries public expenditures are a substantial and growing share of total economic activity

This book, first published in 1978, provides an analysis of British monetary policy and considers what techniques of monetary control were most appropriate to the context of the U.K. during the 1970s and 1980s. David Gowland answers crucial questions...

The tax system is one of the instruments said to be available to translate development policy objectives into practice. The wide-ranging papers collected together in this volume, first published in 1978, explore different aspects of the link between...

In The Economics of Welfare, originally published in 1920, Pigou reconceptualized economics as a science of economic welfare, in the course of which he developed the first systematic theory of market failures. Employing Alfred Marshall's theoretical...

Public Sector Strategy explores how strategic decisions are developed and implemented in the public sector, and examines the psychology underpinning strategic decision-making.Combining knowledge from traditional perspectives with contemporary insights on...

Originally published in 1971, The Royal Demesne in English History shows how Norman and Angevin kings were able to regard the whole of their English kingdom as their royal demesne in the continental medieval sense. The book argues that only through the...

This first volume of the Official History studies the background to privatisation, and the privatisations of the first two Conservative Governments led by Margaret Thatcher from May 1979 to June 1987. First commissioned by the then Prime Minister Tony...

State and Local Public Finance provides a comprehensive and sophisticated analysis of state and local government public finance practices and issues, using the basic tools of economics. This fifth edition maintains its focus on key local services such as...

Police Funding, Dark Money, and the Greedy Institution is about a pervasive but little-studied phenomenon. Private funding of public police entails private entities sending resources to police through unconventional or hidden channels, sometimes for...

Public value theory speaks to the co-creation of value between politicians, citizens, and public managers, with a focus on the public manager in terms of her contributions, initiatives, and limitations in value creation. But just who are public managers?...

This book delves into the many innovative changes that the financial industry has undergone in recent years. The authors investigate these developments in a holistic manner and from a wide range of perspectives: both public and private, business and...

In recent years it has become apparent that the pattern of population growth is consistent with the predictions of the Malthusian model. Studies on the pre-industrial epoch in a wide range of countries show positive income elasticities of mortality and a...

The context and environment of public services is becoming increasingly complex    and the management of change and innovation is now a core task for the successful public manager. This text aims to provide its readers with the skills...

As policymakers and scholars evaluate possible ways forward in the reform and renewal of public services by governments caught up in a recessionary environment, this book aims to offer something different - a comprehensive analysis of the development of...

""Ideas For A Science Of Good Government"" is a collection of speeches, letters, and articles written by Peter Cooper in 1883. The book focuses on the author's ideas for improving the government of the United States by implementing a strict national...

Preface List of Tables and Figures Introduction The Necessity of Interpersonal Cardinal Utility Welfarism Utility, Informed Preference, or Happiness Utilitarianism A Dollar is a Dollar: Solution to the Paradox of Interpersonal Cardinal Utility Economics...

List of Tables - List of Abbreviations - Preface - Introduction - Multilevel Government Finance - Federal Financial Constitutions Compared - The Future of the Community Budget under EMU - Summary - References - Index

The former Republican congressman and now host of MSNBC's "Scarborough Country" wittily presents The Real Deal--that Democrats and Republicans are indistinguishable: equally adept at pillaging and pork-barrelling your tax dollars--and he offers some...

Preface Introduction Organisational Framework Roads Railways Urban Public Transport Inland Waterways European Airways Airports Sea Ports Funding Mechanisms for the Future Index

Preface - Acknowledgements - Public Finance in A Changing World: Introduction and Summary; P.B.Sorensen - PART 1: ALTERNATIVE PERCEPTIONS OF GOVERNMENT - The Role of the State in Fiscal Theory; R.A.Musgrave - Government Role and the Efficiency of...

List of Illustrations Chronology Introduction Restoration Revolution 18th Century Taxation The French Wars Mid-Century Tithes and Local Taxation Constructive Taxation Turn of the Century Radicalism War and After Between the Wars The Second World War...

In a relatively short period of time, data envelopment analysis (DEA) has grown into a powerful analytical tool for measuring and evaluating performance. DEA is computational at its core and this book is one of several Springer...

As public and private sector organizations work more frequently in partnership, managing uncertainties, problems and controversies becomes increasingly difficult. Despite sophisticated technology and knowledge, the strategic networks and games required...

VOLUME 1 Acknowledgements - Abbreviations and Acronyms - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction; K.J.Arrow - PART 1: THE NATURE AND ROLE OF SOCIAL CHOICE THEORY - The Functions of Social Choice Theory; K.J.Arrow - Discussion; W.Gaertner - Individual...

This book presents a radically different argument for what has caused, and likely will continue to cause, the collapse of emerging market economies. Pettis combines the insights of economic history, economic theory, and finance theory into a...