Economics of the public sector / Joseph E. Stiglitz.

Part one INTRODUCTION 3

1 The public sector in a mixed economy 3 - 23
2 The public sector in the united states 26-52

Part two Fundamentals of welfare economics 53

3 Market efficiency 55- 74
4 Market failure 76-91
5 Efficiency and equity 93-122

Part three Public expenditure theory 125

6 Public goods and Publicly provided private goods 127-154
7 Public Choice 156-185
8 Public production and bureaucracy 189-211
9 Externalities and the environment 214-241

Part four Expenditure programs 245

10 The analysis of expenditure policy 247- 269
11 Cost- Benefit analysis 271-298
12 health care 300-329
13 Defense and technology 331-351
14 social insurance 353-382
15 welfare programs and the redistribution of income 385-417
16 Education 420-446

Part five 449

17 Introduction to taxation 451-480
18 Tax incidence 482-515
19 Taxation and economic efficiency 518-548
20 Optimal taxation 550-574
21 taxation of capital 577-603

Part Six Taxation in the united states 605

22 The personal income tax 607-643
23 The corporation income tax 645-676
24 A student's guide to tax avoidance 678-691
25 Reform of the tax system 693-723

Part Seven Further 725

26 Fiscal Federalism 727-751
27 State and local taxes and expenditures 754-770
28 Deficit finance 772-790





Includes bibliographical references and index.