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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910810134603321
• Autore: Hansen Bent <1920-2002., >
• 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
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (469 p.)
• Collana: Routledge library editions. Economics; Public economics ; ; 3
• Disciplina: 336
• Soggetti: Finance, Public
• 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