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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781807503321

Autore

Dahlby B

Titolo

The marginal cost of public funds [[electronic resource] ] : theory and applications / / by Bev Dahlby

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2008

ISBN

1-282-10018-1

9786612100185

0-262-27114-1

1-4356-4786-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (347 p.)

Disciplina

336.3/9

Soggetti

Expenditures, Public - Cost effectiveness

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-324) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This text develops the basic theory of the marginal cost of public funds within the framework of public economics and shows how it is related to the traditional measures of the efficiency loss from distortionary taxation. The book includes exercises and recommendations for further reading at the end of each main chapter.