State and Local Public Finance - 5th Edition

Name: State and Local Public Finance - 5th Edition
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

State and Local Public FinanceAuthor(s): Ronald C. Fisher\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367467234, 978-0367467234\nSynopsis\nState 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.\n\nThis 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.\n\nThis s.