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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823751403321

Autore

Dahlby B

Titolo

The marginal cost of public funds : 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

Edizione

[1st ed.]

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.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Conceptual Foundations of the MCF -- 3 The MCF for Commodity Taxes -- 4 The MCFs for Excise Taxes in Thailand and the United Kingdom -- 5 The MCF from Taxing Labor Income -- 6 Applications of the MCF from Taxing Labor Income -- 7 The MCF from Taxing the Return to Capital -- 8 The MCF from Public Sector Borrowing -- 9 The MCF in a Federal System of Government -- 10 Applications of the MCF in Federations -- Notes -- References -- 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.