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Advances in Public Economics

Part of the book series: Studies in Empirical Economics (STUDEMP)

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Table of contents (9 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VIII
  2. Introduction and overview

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Contemporary public economics

      • Robin Boadway, Baldev Raj
      Pages 3-16
  3. Economics of public programs

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
    2. The changing economic status of U.S. disabled men: Trends and their determinants, 1982-1991

      • Robert Haveman, Karen Holden, Barbara Wolfe, Paul Smith, Kathryn Wilson
      Pages 19-46
  4. Tax leakages and efficiency

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69
    2. Tax efficiency in selected Indian states

      • Raghbendra Jha, M. S. Mohanty, Somnath Chatterjee, Puneet Chitkara
      Pages 91-104
  5. Do governments act in the interest of their constituents?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105
    2. Tax reforms and the growth of government

      • Steven M. Sheffrin
      Pages 107-118
  6. Optimality of the public capital stock

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 145-145

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Economics, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada

    Robin Boadway

  • School of Business and Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada

    Baldev Raj

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Advances in Public Economics

  • Editors: Robin Boadway, Baldev Raj

  • Series Title: Studies in Empirical Economics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57654-6

  • Publisher: Physica Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Physica-Verlag Heidelberg 2000

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-7908-1283-1Published: 15 May 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-63324-9Published: 23 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-57654-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1431-8830

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-8950

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 171

  • Topics: Public Economics

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