The philosophy of taxation and public finance

Most public finance books are texts, which are aimed at undergraduate or graduate students. They are overly technical in nature and appeal only to a narrow range of bureaucrats and academics. Books on taxation are written for tax practitioners and usually emphasize either what the ...

The welfare economics in public policy

a practical approach to project and policy evaluation

This outstanding text, a follow up to the authors' 1982 text, develops economic welfare theory in the context of application to public policy questions. The authors provide a complete treatment of economic welfare theory and ilustrate how this theory can be used to develop policy ...

Growing public

social spending and economic growth since the eigteenth century.Vol.I.The story

Growing Public examines the question of whether social policies that redistribute income impose constraints on economic growth. Taxes and transfers have been debated for centuries, but only now can we get a clear view of the whole evolution of social spending. What kept prospering nations ...

Applied economics

Applied Economics communicates the vitality and relevance of the subject to students, bringing economics to life. Containing up-to-date information on economic issues and events, the book helps students apply economic principles to the 'real world' and gives them an insight into the difficulties of formulating ...

Public finance

Harvey Rosen#s scholarly and up-to-date Public Finance continues to be the market-leading book. The book takes its readers to the frontiers of current research, yet remains accessible to undergraduates. Although it draws upon the latest research, the book never loses sight of the reality ...

El Estado social

En una primera parte se aborda la investigación teórica del Estado social conectándola con la teoría de los fines del Estado, analizando los posibles antecedentes y exponiendo un primer intento descriptivo. Posteriormente, se estudia su incidencia en las relaciones Estado-Sociedad, en la sociedad post-industrial, en ...

La naturaleza económica del Estado

una revisión crítica del análisis económico de la política

El autor trata de centrar y clarificar el debate sobre el rol económico del Estado. Partiendo del denuncia de corrupción e ineficacia que se ha extendido recienemente sobre la organización estatal, realiza un análisis de las teorías que, o bien han legitimado la intervención, o ...

Handbook of public finance

The Handbook of Public Finance provides a definitive source, reference, and text for the field of public finance. In 18 chapters it surveys the state of the art - the tradition and breadth of the field but also its current status and recent developments. The Handbook ...

Historia del Derecho de la Hacienda Pública y del Derecho tributario en Italia

el aporte del pensamiento jurídico financiero de la Italia Meridional

Prefacio G. Abbamonte, A. Amatucci; Estudio preliminar Mauricio A. Plazas Vega. (Derecho de la Hacienda Pública. Obras fundamentales ; 1). Contenido: La definición de tributo; Las raíces de la concepción sustancial del derecho financiero público en Nápoles y en la Italia Meridional; Historia de la enseñanza ...

La evaluación de la acción y de las políticas públicas

La evaluación de la Acción y de las Políticas Públicas es el primer texto en español que abarca la discusión de la metodología de la evaluación, el alcance conceptual de la evaluación de la acción pública en un Estado en transformación, el análisis de la ...

The economics of public spending

Tolley's tax guide

2003-04

Democracy and regulation

how the public can govern essential services

Essential services are being privatised the world over. Whether it's water, gas, electricity or the phone network, everywhere from Sao Paulo in Brazil to Leeds in the UK is following the US economic model and handing public services over to private companies whose principal ...

Intelligence as a principle of public economy = Del pensiero come principio d'economia publica

La realidad social

Decir que la sociología es la ciencia que estudia la realidad social no ofrece dificultad, pero decir qué sea la realidad social es muy difícil. La realidad social, en efecto, no sólo es como es (claro está), sino también como parece que es, lo que ...

Evaluation in public sector reform

concepts and practice in international perspective

With an assembly of articles written by internationally renowned scholars and experts, Evaluation in Public Sector Reform is unique in its broad geographical range. It explores countries such as Australia, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and the USA, as well as categorically addressing countries which have ...

Public policy in knowledge-based economics

Foundations and frameworks

Knowledge is a product of human social systems and, therefore, the foundations of the knowledge-based economy are social and cultural. Communication is central to knowledge creation and diffusion, and Public policy in knowledge-based economics highlights specific social and cultural conditions that can enhance the communication ...

Strategic management for public and nonprofit organizations

Why has the public sector grown so large in market societies?

the political economy of prudence in the UK, c.1870-2000

Recent developments in institutional economics

In bringing together some of the most significant previously published papers by scholars in the field, this collection explores the major changes in the "new" and "old" institutional economics, the developments of new approaches and the extension of applications to new areas