Public Sector Economics: Theory, Policy, Practice

ISBN-13: 9780333929537 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 450 str.

S. J. Bailey

Opis

Public Sector Economics provides a comprehensive, wide-ranging treatment of the subject, dealing with theory, policy and practice within the broad context of political economy and gives a more general integration of them than is found in most other texts. It recognises that students invariably study other subjects simultaneously with economics and so attempts to provide more of a multi-disciplinary approach than is usually the case. The book reflects the changing nature of 'public' in recognising that a textbook in this area has to be made less technical and mechanistic and more appreciative of political economy.

This second edition has retained the structure of the first edition, all chapters having been updated and expanded in terms of coverage of theory, policy and practice. The 1997 Labour Government's policies and initiatives have been fully incorporated in Parts II and III.

Spis treści

PART I: THEORY.- The Role of Economic Theory.- The Economic Rationale for Government.- Theories of Public Sector Growth.- The Economic Effects of Taxation.- The Economic Effects of Public Sector Borrowing.- Charging for Public Sector Outputs.- Public Choice Theory of Government Intervention.- PART II: POLICY AND PRACTICE.- Rolling Back the Frontiers of the State.- Public Expenditure Policy and Practice.- Tax Policy and Practice.- Public Sector Borrowing: Policy and Practice.- Income Inequalities and Economic Restructuring.- PART III: CASE STUDIES OF THEORY, POLICY AND PRACTICE.- Nationalisation, Privatisation and Regulation.- Water: A Case Study of Regulation and Charging.- Market Testing and Contracting Out.

O autorze

STEHPEN BAILEY is a Professor within the Division of Economics and Enterprise at Glasgow Caledonian University.

Blurb

PUBLIC SECTOR ECONOMICS provides a comprehensive, wide-ranging treatment of the subject, dealing with theory, policy and practice with the broad context of political economy and gives a more general integration of them than is found in most other texts. It recognises that students invariably study other subjects simultaneously with economics and so attempts to provide more of a multi-disciplinary approach than is usuallly the case. The book reflects the changing nature of 'public' in recognising that a textbook in this area has to be made less technical and mechanistic and more appreciative of political economy.
This second edition has retained the structure of the first edition, all chapters having been updated and expanded in terms of coverage of theory, policy and practice. The 1997 Labour Government's policies and initiatives have been fully incorporated in Parts II and III.