内容简介
"PublicFinance9/e"benefitsfromthecombinedeffortsofHarveyRosen'smarket-leadingbookandco-authorTedGayer'sresearchandgovernmentagencyexperience.Thiscombinationofexperienceisabletoexplainasclearlyaspossiblehowthetoolsofeconomicscanbeusedtoanalyzegovernmentexpenditureandtaxpolicies.Thisneweditionincorporatesrecentdevelopmentsandalongthewaytakesstudentstothefrontiersofcurrentresearchandpolicy.Whiletheinformationpresentediscuttingedgeandreflectstheworkofeconomistscurrentlyactiveinthefield,theapproachmakesthetextaccessibletoundergraduateswhoseonlypriorexposuretoeconomicsisattheintroductorylevel.Allofthechangesinthenintheditionweremadetofurthertheauthors'goalofprovidingstudentswithaclearandcoherentviewoftheroleofgovernmentspendingandtaxation.Theauthors'yearsofpolicyexperiencehaveconvincedthemselvesthatmodernpublicfinanceprovidesapracticalandinvaluableframeworkforthinkingaboutpolicyissues.Thegoalissimple:toemphasizethelinksbetweensoundeconomicsandtheanalysisofreal-worldpolicyproblems.