State and local public finance / Ronald C. Fisher.
| Author/creator | Fisher, Ronald C. author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | Fourth edition. |
| Publication | London ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2016. |
| Copyright Date | ©2016 |
| Description | 1 online resource (xix, 721 pages) |
| Supplemental Content | Taylor & Francis |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Why study state and local government finance? -- Microeconomic analysis: market efficiency and market failure -- Demand for state and local government goods and services -- Public choice without mobility: voting -- Public choice through mobility -- Organization of subnational government -- Budgeting and fiscal outcomes -- Costs and production of state and local goods and services -- Pricing of government goods: user changes -- Intergovernmental grants -- Borrowing, debt, and capital investment -- Principles of tax analysis -- The property tax: institutions and structure -- Property tax: economic analysis and effects -- Sales and excise taxes -- Income taxes -- Business taxes -- Revenue from governmental monopoly and regulation -- Education -- Transportation -- Health and welfare -- Economic development |
| Abstract | Now in its 4th edition, 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. For this new edition, there is a focus on the most important services provided in the state-local sector: education, health and welfare, public safety, and transportation. This textbook provides an examination and analysis of public finance practices and problems in a federal fiscal system, focusing on the fiscal behaviour and policies of state and local governments. The author presents detailed descriptions of significant institutions. Modern economic theory is applied to examine the way these institutions are used to produce and finance services, and to provide evaluation of alternative policies. Although the emphasis is on U.S. institutions and issues, much of the economic analysis can be applied to any federal system or to fiscal decentralization. This fully revised new edition sees updates throughout to data, topics, and applications. The Headlines and Applications sections reflect the most current policy issues affecting state and local governments. These include the effects of the Great Recession on state and local governments, changes in the tax treatment of internet purchases, the Affordable Care Act and implications for Medicaid spending by state governments, demographic changes and the implications for state-local finances, the implications of changes in automobile technology for transportation financing, and the potential for increased gambling activity. This text will continue to be invaluable reading for those who study public finance, local government finance, urban economics and public policy and public administration |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Fisher, Ronald C. State and local public finance. Fourth edition. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2015 9780765644275 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9781317513858 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 1317513851 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 9781317513841 (epub) |
| ISBN | 1317513843 (epub) |
| ISBN | 9781317513834 (mobi) |
| ISBN | 1317513835 (mobi) |
| ISBN | (hardback) |
| ISBN | (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9781315718729 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 1315718723 (electronic bk.) |
| Standard identifier# | 10.4324/9781315718729 |
| Stock number | 9781317513841 Ingram Content Group |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |