Public Economics in Action
- 24 October 1996
- book
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP)
Abstract
The book provides an introduction to the key ideas of public economics. For this purpose, it takes as a case study the proposal for a basic income financed by a flat tax on all income. This radical reform of the income tax and social security systems has generated wide interest. The book reviews different areas of public economics: the theory of optimum taxation, public choice theory, general equilibrium analysis of incidence, numerical tax‐benefit modelling, and econometric studies of work incentives. The author does not argue for or against the basic income proposal but believes that it should be on the agenda for serious discussion.Keywords
This publication has 58 references indexed in Scilit:
- Social InsuranceThe Geneva Risk and Insurance Review, 1991
- Spending on Alcohol: Evidence from the Family Expenditure Survey 1970-1983The Economic Journal, 1990
- The Public Choice Approach to Tax ReformEnvironment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 1988
- Search, Unemployment, and the Production of JobsThe Economic Journal, 1987
- A Theory of Dual Labor Markets with Application to Industrial Policy, Discrimination, and Keynesian UnemploymentJournal of Labor Economics, 1986
- Wages and Employment in a Segmented Labor MarketThe Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1985
- The Econometrics of Nonlinear Budget SetsEconometrica, 1985
- Power and TaxesEconometrica, 1977
- The Effects of Income Taxation on Overtime: The Results of a National SurveyThe Economic Journal, 1974
- Tax Incidence in a Growing Economy with Variable Factor SupplyThe Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1974