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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453104503321

Autore

Hansen Bent <1920-2002., >

Titolo

The economic theory of fiscal policy / / Bent Hansen ; translated by P.E. Burke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

0-415-48904-0

1-317-83350-3

1-315-82398-5

1-317-83351-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (469 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions. Economics

Public economics ; ; 3

Disciplina

336

Soggetti

Finance, Public

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published in 1958"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. General theory of fiscal policy -- pt. 2. Micro-economics of fiscal policy -- pt. 3. Macro-economics of fiscal policy.

Sommario/riassunto

The book explores whether fiscal policies can secure full employment without inflation, one of the key questions in economics after Keynes. Part 1, General Theory of Public Finance and Fiscal Policy, discusses Ends and Means in economic policy. The results of this ends-means analysis are applied to fiscal policy. Part 2, Microeconomics, deals with the impact of fiscal measures on the behaviour of the individual household, firm and other organization, concentrating on the effects on consumption and saving. Part 3, Macroeconomics, considers how the problem of keeping the price-level cons