Description
Louis Kaplow brings innovative ideas to the difficult issues of income taxation and other fiscal instruments. The clarity of his writing and the novelty of his analysis make this book a pleasure to read. -- Martin Feldstein, Harvard University This clear and insightful examination of income taxation and its link to analyzing other government policies will be informative and valuable for students and researchers alike. -- Peter Diamond, "Massachusetts Institute of Technology" This rigorous book illuminates current policy issues in government taxation and spending, exposes the logical flaws in many common arguments, and nicely clarifies the interaction between equity and efficiency in taxes and transfers. It will serve well as a text and reference for advanced students of public economics, and it will also reward a close reading by their teachers. -- Joel Slemrod, University of Michigan Louis Kaplow's Theory of Taxation and Public Economics is a terrific text full of insight and new approaches to examining old issues in public finance. Kaplow, a brilliant economist with a great talent for exposition, looks at things from fresh angles and explains them in new ways. -- Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Boston University
About the Author
Louis Kaplow is the Finn M. W. Caspersen and Household International Professor of Law and Economics at Harvard, a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has published widely on the theory of taxation and public economics.
Reviews
"This is a very ambitious project which has the quality of proposing a unified view of all these topics. Moreover, on the various aspects of taxation, the reader will find an interesting critical survey and a valuable source of information about the literature and the pending questions."--Marc Fleurbaey, Social Choice and Welfare
Book Information
ISBN 9780691148212
Author Louis Kaplow
Format Paperback
Page Count 496
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publisher Princeton University Press
Weight(grams) 652g