Public Finance

Ippolito examines the least publicized source of our current fiscal troubles--federal credit programs. Since the 1970s these programs (primary components of the federal policy in such areas as housing, agriculture, education, and international affairs)...

THE JANUS-FACE OF RACE: REFLEC- TIONS ON ECONOMIC THEORY Patrick L. Mason and Rhonda Williams Many economists are willing to accept that race is a significant factor in US eco nomic and social affairs. Yet the professional literature displays a peculiar...

Growing populations and economies have increased the public's awareness that the world's environmental resources are finite. The issues of global warming and the depletion of the ozone layer have given universal significance to what were once local and...

In 1989 the federal government spent $1197 billion, a mind-boggling sum that is almost impossible to visualize. Since there were 248. 8 million people living in the United States in that year, the government spent an average of $4811 for every man,...

As the reader of this book probably already knows, I have devoted a great deal of time to the topic which is, rather unfortunately, named rent seeking. Rent seeking, the use of resources in actually lowering total product although benefiting some...

It is difficult to overstate the importance of personal consumption both to individual consumers and to the economy. While consumer&, are recognized as valuing market goods and services for the activities they can construct from them in the...

Cigarettes are under political attack at all_levels of government in the United States. From Washington, D. C. to state capitals to local govern- ments, proposals abound to increase the cigarette excise tax, to impose smoking bans, to prevent cigarette...

This volume might be called the Mises Reader, for it contains a wide sampling of his academic essays on money, trade, and economic systems. Some of them, like "Observations on the Cooperative Movement," have not been published previously...

Aesthetics and Economics is a pioneering effort at treating aesthetics from the point of view of economic theory, and addresses the contradictions which have arisen from economists' work in this field over the years. Starting from an historical review of...

Some years ago, when Principal and Professor of Economics at the infant Univer- sity of Buckingham, Britain's only independent university, I was intrigued to receive an application, supported by strong recommendations from a Signora Ilde Rizzo, who...

This text addresses the concerns of human rights in developing nations, reviews research, and suggests solutions for the problems. It is divided into three parts. The first section of the book presents an overview, in terms of the history of political...

This volume, first published in 1998, presents developments in urban geography, club theory and local public finance, and international trade which contribute to the explanation of the modern opposing trends of integration and segregation. Part I...

GERAD celebrates this year its 25th anniversary. The Center was created in 1980 by a small group of professors and researchers of HEC Montreal, McGill University and of the Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal. GERAD's activities achieved sufficient scope to...

This work offers an introduction to the economics of the public sector. It examines the economic framework, public expenditure and finance, budgets and borrowing, industry and public investment, and management of the economy. Both theory and practice are...

An examination of an early version of the debate over money, debt, and taxes sheds light on current debates regarding public finance, a balanced budget, and paying off the public debt. Stabile shows that while special interest lobbying during the...

Set against the backdrop of deteriorating living conditions for hundreds of millions of people in developing and debtor countries, this volume concentrates on the structural adjustment policies designed to facilitate debt repayment and to stabilize...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313235375Author James Milton FergusonFormat HardbackPage Count 234Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

In this immensely timely book, Andrew Yarrow brings the sometimes eye-glazing discussion of national debt down to earth, explaining in accessible terms why federal debt is rising (and will soon rise much faster), what effects it may have on Americans if...

This book examines the interrelationship between the external debt problem and the consolidation of democracy in Latin America in the 1990s. It considers the interplay of actors, including creditor governments, international financial institutions,...

The fourteen papers presented in this volume are thought-provoking studies of the economic adjustment of Latin America to the difficult external environment of the 1980s. The anthology evolved out of a group of papers presented at the Third Dominican...

This book explores the role of the welfare state in the overall wealth and wellbeing of nations and in particular looks at the American welfare state in comparison with other developed nations in Europe and elsewhere. It is widely believed that the...

The frequency and virulence of recent financial crises have led to calls for reform of the current international financial architecture. In an effort to learn more about today's international financial environment, the authors turn to an earlier era of...

This book talks about how investors can protect themselves from the wolves of Wall Street. On Wall Street, the "house" holds the keys - and everyone else risks being taken for a ride. "Investing Despite Wall Street, Inc.," is today's...

A primer on managing public funds and a sophisticated presentation of how governments actually work.Book InformationISBN 9781553391203Author Andrew GrahamFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint McGill-Queen's University PressPublisher McGill-Queen's...

Daub discusses both the rationale for the practice of forecasting and the methods commonly used, and traces the history of aggregate economic forecasting in Canada, examining the structure, conduct, and performance of the present forecasting...

Economic arrangements, Ramseyer writes, are structured and implemented with the intent and hope that they will be carried out with 'care, intelligence, discretion, and effort.' Yet entrepreneurs work with partial information about the products, and...

Economic arrangements, Ramseyer writes, are structured and implemented with the intent and hope that they will be carried out with 'care, intelligence, discretion, and effort.' Yet entrepreneurs work with partial information about the products, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739945701Author OA IncFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint OA IncPublisher OA Inc

Research suggests that if the majority of a country's financial institutions are owned by the state, that country will experience slower financial development, less efficient financial systems, less private sector credit, and slower GDP growth. Yet more...

This eighth volume in the series deals with a variety of topics in the field of advances in public interest accounting.Book InformationISBN 9780762305186Author Cheryl R. LehmanFormat HardbackPage Count 296Imprint JAI Press Inc.Publisher Emerald...

The sixteen essays in this collection are organized around five themes. The first group is concerned with the pricing implications of recent developments in the theory of the firm. The subject of the second group is wage-price guidelines, in theory and...

Despite different legal and constitutional arrangements, in many states across Europe, public leaders are forging new collaborative relationships with non-state and civic actors to seek innovative ways of providing public services. Leadership varies...

The United States has a debt problem-we owe more than $18 trillion while our gross domestic product, the value of all goods and services produced in America, is only $17.5 trillion. To pay down the debt, some recommend austerity, cutting federal...

No greater issue than the relationship between ethics, equity, and regulation can be said to have emerged in these 'troubled times'. How can we account for continuing inequalities in an era promoting enlightened social and economic connections? What...

A study of budgeting and financial administration in developing countries, which probes reasons for failure and solutions for improvement. The contributors are all involved in relating prescription to practice, and theory to reality in this area. Their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781806033089Author Henry SortiewFormat PaperbackPage Count 222Imprint Henry SortiewPublisher Henry SortiewWeight(grams) 152g

As the main overview book of the FY2017 Budget request of the President, this volume contains the Budget Message of the President, information on the President's priorities and budget overviews by agency, and summary tables. From large corporations and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781937550028Author Edward H BurrellFormat PaperbackPage Count 46Imprint Edward H. BurrellPublisher Edward H. BurrellWeight(grams) 191g

Contains analyses that are designed to highlight specified subject areas or provide other significant presentations of budget data that place the budget in perspective. This volume includes economic and accounting analyses; information on federal...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739945718Author OA IncFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint OA IncPublisher OA IncWeight(grams) 140g