(The) Economics of public finance

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Taylor, Philip E.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York The Macmillan Company 1961
Edition:3rd ed.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Public finance in its economic and political setting Fiscal administration Alternative measurements of fiscal operations: the conventional budget, the cash budget and the national income accounts Public expenditures: trends and their significance Fiscal policy and the level of economic activity Government expenditure and economic instability Fiscal programs to promote stability Allocation of resources between the public and private sectors of the economy Public Debt: its nature and its management Public Debt and the money supply The burden of debt Public revenues: grants, gifts and administrative revenues Commercial revenues: government business enterprises Taxes: allocation of tax burdens Tax incidence and other effects Property taxation Personal income taxation The nature of net income for tax purposes Taxation of personal income from business corporations Strengthening the personal income tax Taxes on sales Death and gift taxes Business taxes Taxes on employment and miscellaneous taxes State and local finance in the national economy