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State and Local Fiscal Policy
Edited by Sally Wallace
In this broad and illuminating work, experts on public finance discuss innovations in state and local tax policy that have been implemented or considered over the course of the last three decades. The authors provide original work that a...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Does Decentralization Enhance Service Delivery and Poverty Reduction?
Edited by Ehtisham Ahmad, Giorgio Brosio
Does decentralization enhance service delivery and poverty reduction? Drawing on cutting edge research, expert contributors address this fundamental question facing policy-makers in developing as well as advanced countries. This timely b...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Defiance in Taxation and Governance
Valerie Braithwaite
This innovative book presents a theory of tax defiance, integrating five years of research on people’s hopes, fears and expectations of the tax system and the authority that administers it.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Political Economy of Financing Scottish Government
C. Paul Hallwood, Ronald MacDonald
Can the UK survive widespread dissatisfaction in both Scotland and England with the financing of public spending by Scotland’s parliament? This timely book explains how fiscal autonomy could raise economic growth and efficiency in Scotla...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Taxation and the Promotion of Human Happiness
G. W. Norman, D. P. O’Brien, John Creedy
This edition of a hitherto unknown work demonstrates the importance of utilitarianism to liberal thinking on taxation. As such, this unique book will appeal to specialists in the history of economic thought and to historians, especially ... -
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Fiscal Sociology and the Theory of Public Finance
Richard E. Wagner
This book advances a social-theoretic treatment of public finance, which contrasts with the typical treatment of government as an agent of intervention into a market economy. To start, Richard Wagner construes government not as an agent ...eBook:Find out more$55.16
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Frontiers in Pension Finance
Edited by Dirk Broeders, Sylvester Eijffinger, Aerdt Houben
How to deliver adequate pension benefits at reasonable costs is a huge challenge confronting our ageing societies. This book delivers a comprehensive overview of the latest insights into pension finance, pension system design, pension go...eBook:Find out more$55.16
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The Public Sector in Japan
Takero Doi, Toshihiro Ihori
This book presents a comprehensive, theory-based analysis of Japan’s public sector. Particular emphasis is directed at developing tools that can be applied to theoretically and empirically clarify essential economic concerns in Japan’s p... -
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Economics and the Future
Edited by David J. Pannell, Steven G.M. Schilizzi
Economics and the Future tackles the discounting issue from a number of angles, ranging from relatively short-term private financial decisions, to very long-term public issues spanning generations. The authors present differing perspecti...eBook:Find out more$55.16
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The Shadow Economy, Corruption and Governance
Edited by Michael Pickhardt, Edward Shinnick
This book contributes to the current debates on the shadow economy and related issues of tax evasion and corruption. The approach taken here is one that will develop a better understanding of these related issues, which are increasingly ... -
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Local Public Finance in Central and Eastern Europe
Edited by Zelijko Sevic
This book explores the system of financing local governments in selected countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Using evidence from the last two decades, the authors, experts on their particular countries, describe the development of t... -
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Handbook of Fiscal Federalism
Edited by Ehtisham Ahmad, Giorgio Brosio
This major Handbook addresses fiscal relations between different levels of government under the general rubric of ‘fiscal federalism’, providing a review of the latest literature as well as an invaluable guide for practitioners and polic...eBook:Find out more$91.16