Public Finance

Despite Americans' traditional emphasis on the separation of church and state, both in theory and practice, few are aware of the hundreds of millio...

Microsimulation models provide an exciting new tool for analysing the distributional impact and cost of government policy changes. They can also be...

Offering a new answer to an age-old problem: the meaning of a just or equitable distribution of resources, Julian Le Grand examines the principal i...

Are resources allocated more efficiently through private ownership than through the public sector? The experiences of eleven newly privatised compa...

This wide-ranging, up-to-date and detailed account of all aspects of public economics covers topics as varied as:* classical theorems of welfare ec...

Fiscal policy has always been a primary measure of macroeconomic control. The fiscal revenue and expenditure can influence the operation of the who...

This title, first published in 1970, provides a comprehensive account of the public finance system in Britain. As well as providing a concise outli...

Building on the work carried out in the 2004 Routledge book, Tax Systems and Tax Reforms in Europe, an international team of contributors now turn ...

Public finance is an important branch of economics. Over the years it has become more important, more controversial, and more complex. Much of the ...

How should governments manage their countries mineral and oil-gas resources? This book deals with the relationships between governments and mining ...

Originally published in 1971, The Royal Demesne in English History shows how Norman and Angevin kings were able to regard the whole of their Englis...

This book explores the fundamental theories, methodologies and innovative directions of public finance research, focusing on its relationship with ...

The English poll taxes of 1377, 1379, and 1381 taxed householders, wives, dependants, and servants individually. The tax records therefore provide ...

This book tackles political, social, and behavioural aspects of public finance and fiscal exchange. The book combines conventional approaches towar...

Originally published in 1985. This book examines the scope of the industry and also focuses on issues relevant to it, divided into three sections: ...

The debates about the what, who, and how of tax policy are at the core of politics, policy, and economics. The Economics of Tax Policy provides a s...

Japan, South Korea, Mexico, France, and Spain once exercised significant control over the allocation of credit, and used that control to facilitate...

China's currency, the renminbi (RMB), has taken the world by storm. The RMB is well on its way to becoming a significant international currency, on...