Public finance and public policy / Jonathan Gruber.

TABLE OF CONTENTS


Chapter 1 Why study public finance? 1-24
Chapter 2 Theoretical tools of public finance 25-60
Chapter 3 Empirical tools of public finance 62-87
Chapter 4 Tools of budget analysis 90-119
Chapter 5 Externalities: Problems and solutions 120-149
Chapter 6 Externalities in Action: Environmental and health externalities 150-175
Chapter 7 Public goods 177-198
Chapter 8 Cost-Benefit Analysis 201-221
Chapter 9 Political Economy 223-255
Chapter 10 state and local government expenditures 256-283
Chapter 11 Education 285-312
Chapter 12 social insurance: The new function of government 314-345
Chapter 13 Social security 348-382
Chapter 14 Unemployment insurance, disability insurance, and workers’ compensation 384-411
Chapter 15 Health insurance I: health economics and private health insurance 413-442
Chapter 16 Health insurance II: Medicare, Medicaid, and Health care reform 443-476
Chapter 17 Income distribution and welfare programs 478-510
Chapter 18 Taxation in the United States and around the world 512-544
Chapter 19 The equity implication of taxation: Tax Incidence 545-575
Chapter 20 Tax inefficiencies and their implications for optimal taxation 577-608
Chapter 21 taxes on labour supply 611-633
Chapter 22 Taxes on savings 635-662
Chapter 23 Taxes on risk taking and wealth 663-688
Chapter 24 Corporate 689-723
Chapter 25 Fundamental tax reform 724-755
Glossary G-1
References R-1
Name Index NI-1
Subject Index SI-1


Includes bibliographical references and indexes.