ABSTRACT
State and Local Public Finance provides a comprehensive and sophisticated analysis of state and local government public finance practices and issues, using the basic tools of economics. This fifth edition maintains its focus on key local services such as education, health care, and transportation and brings in new coverage of land use and housing, applications from behavioral economics, and more international comparisons.
This textbook provides an examination and analysis of public finance practices and problems in a federal fiscal system, focusing on the fiscal behavior and policies of state and local governments. Modern economic theory is applied to examine the way key institutions are used to produce and finance services and to provide evaluation of alternative policies.
This stalwart text will continue to be invaluable reading for those who study public finance, local government finance, urban economics, public policy, and public administration.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|43 pages
Introduction
part II|76 pages
Public choice and fiscal federalism
part III|117 pages
Provision of state and local goods and services
part IV|167 pages
Revenue for state and local governments
part V|144 pages
Applications and policy analysis