(VitalSource eBook) Public Finance and Public Policy 8/e
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- ISBN：9781319615987
- 作者：Jonathan Gruber
- 版次：8
- 年份：2026
- 出版商：Macmillan Publishers
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A rigorous, evidence-based approach to public finance and policy
Governments today face unprecedented pressure to balance taxation, public spending, and national debt while addressing shifting social priorities. In the new eighth edition of Public Finance and Public Policy, Jonathan Gruber delivers a rigorous, high-level introduction to the economic principles driving these critical decisions—and the complex trade-offs they demand. Gruber seamlessly bridges advanced economic theory with real-world empirical evidence, providing students with a toolkit to analyse and evaluate policy in practice. From resource allocation to the design of social safety nets, the text examines how government intervention shapes efficiency, equity, and economic behaviour.
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Description
A rigorous, evidence-based approach to public finance and policy
Governments today face unprecedented pressure to balance taxation, public spending, and national debt while addressing shifting social priorities. In the new eighth edition of Public Finance and Public Policy, Jonathan Gruber delivers a rigorous, high-level introduction to the economic principles driving these critical decisions—and the complex trade-offs they demand. Gruber seamlessly bridges advanced economic theory with real-world empirical evidence, providing students with a toolkit to analyse and evaluate policy in practice. From resource allocation to the design of social safety nets, the text examines how government intervention shapes efficiency, equity, and economic behaviour.
Features
- Carefully structured to support students to organise concepts in their mind, with quick hint boxes, questions to keep in mind and key terms boldfaced throughout the text for easy definition.
- Accessible presentation of statistics using visual graph representations emphasising to students why they should care about policies.
- Mathematic appendices allow for a deeper understanding of the mathematics guided by instructor experts without overwhelming students as they learn the concepts.
- Passionate pedagogy incorporates empirical evidence into every chapter emphasising the importance of research integrity in dedicated sections.
All statistics, data-related tables and figures, and applications have been updated completely to reflect the most recent available data. In addition, a number of major changes were made throughout, including new examples, updating of existing chapter introductions, revisions to the Application and Empirical Evidence boxed features, and a number of new and thoroughly updated text discussions.
- Chapter 1 has been completely revised to reflect the most recent changes from the end of the Biden Administration to the beginning of the second Trump Administration. The Application on vaccinations has been updated to reflect the most recent information about vaccination controversies.
- Chapter 3 provides a completely new discussion of bias and the need for randomized controlled trials, focusing on workplace wellness programs.
- Chapter 4 features more information on government budgeting and the efforts to control spending while keeping the deficit under control.
- Chapter 6 includes an abundance of updated data and information on environmental regulation, climate change, and health.
- Chapter 9 features important updates about the state of politics in the United States, including the ever-increasing polarization of the people and government of the United States.
- Chapter 15 provides significant updates on health care spending and the quality of health delivered by the U.S. health care system.
- Chapter 16 features updated information about the ACA, Medicaid, and Medicare and their costs and benefits.
- Chapter 17 focuses considerable attention on updated facts and information about income inequality, transfer policy, and in-kind programs in the United States.
- Chapter 21 features updated information throughout the chapter, specifically focusing on taxation and labor supply and recent tax policy proposals.
- Chapter 23 discusses nuances in the taxation of risk taking and wealth, as well as efforts to close loopholes.
- Chapter 24 features interesting new developments in the area of corporate taxes.
Table of Contents
Preface
PART I Introduction and Background
1 Why Study Public Finance?
2 Theoretical Tools of Public Finance
3 Empirical Tools of Public Finance
4 Budget Analysis and Deficit Financing
PART II Externalities and Public Goods
5 Externalities: Problems and Solutions
6 Externalities in Action: Environmental and Health Externalities
7 Public Goods
8 Cost-Benefit Analysis
9 Political Economy
10 State and Local Government Expenditures
11 Education
PART III Social Insurance and Redistribution
12 Social Insurance: The New Function of Government
13 Social Security
14 Unemployment Insurance, Disability Insurance, and Workers’ Compensation
15 Health Insurance I: Health Economics and Private Health Insurance
16 Health Insurance II: Medicare, Medicaid, and Health Care Reform
17 Income Inequality and Government Transfer Programs
PART IV Taxation in Theory and Practice
18 Taxation: How It Works and What It Means
19 The Equity Implications of Taxation: Tax Incidence
20 Tax Inefficiencies and Their Implications for Optimal Taxation
21 Taxes on Labor Supply
22 Taxes on Savings
23 Taxes on Risk Taking and Wealth
24 Taxation of Business Income
25 Fundamental Tax Reform and Consumption Taxation
Preface
PART I Introduction and Background
1 Why Study Public Finance?
2 Theoretical Tools of Public Finance
3 Empirical Tools of Public Finance
4 Budget Analysis and Deficit Financing
PART II Externalities and Public Goods
5 Externalities: Problems and Solutions
6 Externalities in Action: Environmental and Health Externalities
7 Public Goods
8 Cost-Benefit Analysis
9 Political Economy
10 State and Local Government Expenditures
11 Education
PART III Social Insurance and Redistribution
12 Social Insurance: The New Function of Government
13 Social Security
14 Unemployment Insurance, Disability Insurance, and Workers’ Compensation
15 Health Insurance I: Health Economics and Private Health Insurance
16 Health Insurance II: Medicare, Medicaid, and Health Care Reform
17 Income Inequality and Government Transfer Programs
PART IV Taxation in Theory and Practice
18 Taxation: How It Works and What It Means
19 The Equity Implications of Taxation: Tax Incidence
20 Tax Inefficiencies and Their Implications for Optimal Taxation
21 Taxes on Labor Supply
22 Taxes on Savings
23 Taxes on Risk Taking and Wealth
24 Taxation of Business Income
25 Fundamental Tax Reform and Consumption Taxation
