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| public sector economics: Public Sector Economics for Developing Countries Michael Howard, 2001 A discussion of the impact of government revenues and expenditures on economic activity, with special reference to developing countries. Michael Howard raises theoretical and empirical issues relating to the role of the public sector in economic development. |
| public sector economics: Public Sector Economics Randall G. Holcombe, 2006 For courses in Public Finance, Public Economics, Public Sector Economics, and The Economics of Taxation. Holcombe takes a public choice approach to public finance and looks at public policy as a product of the democratic decision-making process. |
| public sector economics: Public Sector Economics Robin W. Boadway, 1979 |
| public sector economics: Handbook of Public Sector Economics Donijo Robbins, 2017-09-25 The Handbook of Public Sector Economics builds an understanding of the role of public economics in public administration, public policy, and decision making. The handbook introduces a wide variety of current issues related to the public provision and production of goods and services. The volume documents the history of economics and fiscal doctrine, explores the theory of public goods and the structures from which resources are collected and expanded, and analyzes heavily debated issues of economics that are important to current and future practitioners of public policy and administration. It focuses on the effects of fiscal policy on savings and investment, consumer behavior, labor supply, wealth, property, and trade. Written in a simple and straightforward style, the initial chapters establish the foundation of public economics, with the subsequent chapters addressing the collection and distribution of government resources and market reactions to fiscal policies. |
| public sector economics: Public Sector Economics Stephen J. Bailey, 1995-01 The aim of this book is to provide a rather more comprehensive wide-ranging treatment of public sector economics than is usual. It deals with theory, policy and practice within the broad context of political economy and attempts a more general integration of them than is found in most other texts. It recognises that students invariably study other subjects simultaneously with economics, aiming to provide more of a multi-disciplinary approach than is usually the case. The book reflects the changing nature of 'public' in recognising that a textbook in this area has to be made less technical and mechanistic and more appreciative of political economy. |
| public sector economics: Public Sector Economics Robert Millward, 1983 |
| public sector economics: ECONOMICS OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR CHANDANA GHOSH, AMBAR GHOSH, 2008-04-09 The objective of the theory of public finance is to determine the optimal scales of government interventions or expenditures in different areas and the optimum modes of financing these expenditures. The problems that the government handles are extremely complex and this makes the theory of public finance challenging and exciting at the same time. It is continuously searching for better, more acceptable and easier-to-implement solutions to the problems encountered. To help the readers get a clear idea about this fascinating field of study, this book builds up in detail the major theories of public finance starting from the first principles and explains how government decisions are taken on the basis of the guidelines yielded by these theories. This book exposes the students to various facets of public finance which develops analytical frameworks to: Address the issues of efficient allocation of resources between private, public and mixed goods Ensure equitable distribution of tax burden among individuals Find ways of minimizing inefficiency of the tax structure Study the statutory and economic incidence of different types of taxes Examine the implications of government borrowing Develop the rationale of distributing economic or fiscal responsibilities and tax powers among different tiers of government. The book makes the comprehension of the subject easier by developing simple mathematical models to derive the major results in each of the above areas, and by explaining the economic intuition of the results in detail. The concepts are illustrated with the help of simple examples from the Indian economy. Moreover, the book assesses India’s economic policies in the light of the theories discussed. This drives home the relevance of the subject and makes the theories meaningful to the students. Another distinguishing feature of the book is that it contains a large number of review questions and numerical problems on every topic discussed to help the students apply the tools and techniques learnt and thereby develop a sound understanding of the subject. This textbook is designed to serve the needs of undergraduate and postgraduate students of economics for a course in Public Finance/Public Economics. |
| public sector economics: Public Sector Economics Charles Victor Brown, Peter McLeod Jackson, 1982 |
| public sector economics: Public Economics Gareth D. Myles, 1995-11-23 A rigorous, self-contained textbook covering all the central topics in public economics. |
| public sector economics: Public Sector Economics Richard W Tresch, 2021-01-21 Richard Tresch's Public Sector Economics is a new learning and teaching concept for undergraduate public finance courses. It is published in two complementary parts: The book, which contains a unified treatment of the theory of the public sector along with selected examples. The companion website (included in the price of the book), which features a large international Public Sector Example Bank, written and updated by Richard Tresch and tied to specific sections in the book. This innovative solution to the challenge of conveying the fundamentals of such a wide-ranging field allows students the best of both worlds: a readable, concise, and penetrating account of public sector theory, along with an evolving set of up-to-date examples that makes the theory come alive. |
| public sector economics: The Role of the Public Sector Greve, Bent, 2022-08-05 At last – a textbook on the public sector for students of social policy, public policy, political science and sociology. This book explains why we have a public sector and what tasks it is expected to perform. |
| public sector economics: Intermediate Public Economics, second edition Jean Hindriks, Gareth D. Myles, 2013-04-05 A new edition of a comprehensive text, updated throughout, with new material on behavioral economics, international taxation, cost-benefit analysis, and the economics of climate policy. Public economics studies how government taxing and spending activities affect the economy—economic efficiency and the distribution of income and wealth. This comprehensive text on public economics covers the core topics of market failure and taxation as well as recent developments in both policy and the academic literature. It is unique not only in its broad scope but in its balance between public finance and public choice and its combination of theory and relevant empirical evidence. The book covers the theory and methodology of public economics; presents a historical and theoretical overview of the public sector; and discusses such topics as departures from efficiency (including imperfect competition and asymmetric information), issues in political economy, equity, taxation, fiscal federalism, and tax competition among independent jurisdictions. Suggestions for further reading, from classic papers to recent research, appear in each chapter, as do exercises. The mathematics has been kept to a minimum without sacrificing intellectual rigor; the book remains analytical rather than discursive. This second edition has been thoroughly updated throughout. It offers new chapters on behavioral economics, limits to redistribution, international taxation, cost-benefit analysis, and the economics of climate policy. Additional exercises have been added and many sections revised in response to advice from readers of the first edition. |
| public sector economics: The Economics of the Public Sector Robert H. Haveman, 1976 |
| public sector economics: Modern Public Finance Bernard P. Herber, 1971 |
| public sector economics: Economics of the Public Sector D. I. Trotman-Dickenson, Donata Irena Trotman-Dickenson, 1996 This work offers an introduction to the economics of the public sector. It examines the economic framework, public expenditure and finance, budgets and borrowing, industry and public investment, and management of the economy. Both theory and practice are covered as are all recent developments in relation to the European Community, privatization, deregulation and local government finance. Each chapter concludes with exercises and suggestions for further reading and is designed to facilitate self study. |
| public sector economics: Economics of the Public Sector Sara Connolly, Alistair Munro, 1999 Aimed at undergraduates studying public sector economics, this text covers a comprehensive range of topics and provides a comparative perspective using data and policy ideas from a wide number of European countries. It includes sections on the policies of the new Labour government, including its plans for savings, welfare, work and healthcare. |
| public sector economics: Government Finance John Fitzgerald Due, Ann Fetter Friedlaender, 1981 |
| public sector economics: Public Economics , 2024 |
| public sector economics: The Cambridge Handbook of Psychology and Economic Behaviour Alan Lewis, 2018-02-15 There has recently been an escalated interest in the interface between psychology and economics. The Cambridge Handbook of Psychology and Economic Behaviour is a valuable reference dedicated to improving our understanding of the economic mind and economic behaviour. Employing empirical methods - including laboratory and field experiments, observations, questionnaires and interviews - the Handbook provides comprehensive coverage of theory and method, financial and consumer behaviour, the environment and biological perspectives. This second edition also includes new chapters on topics such as neuroeconomics, unemployment, debt, behavioural public finance, and cutting-edge work on fuzzy trace theory and robots, cyborgs and consumption. With distinguished contributors from a variety of countries and theoretical backgrounds, the Handbook is an important step forward in the improvement of communications between the disciplines of psychology and economics that will appeal to academic researchers and graduates in economic psychology and behavioral economics. |
| public sector economics: Public Sector Economics , 1968 |
| public sector economics: A Handbook of Alternative Theories of Public Economics Francesco Forte, Ram Mudambi, Pietro Navarra, 2014 This comprehensive and thought-provoking Handbook reviews public sector economics from pluralist perspectives that either complement or reach beyond mainstream views. The book takes a comprehensive interdisciplinary approach, drawing on economic elements in the fields of philosophy, sociology, psychology, history and law. The expert contributors present new methodological approaches across these disciplines in five distinct sections: - 'Revisiting the Theoretical Foundations' compares and contrasts Austrians, Marxists, public choice theorists and Keynesians - 'Revisiting the Values' is concerned with justice, welfare, religions and civil rights - 'Beyond Rationalistic Rational Choice' includes chapters devoted to memory, information and group motivation - The final sections on 'Optimal Government and Government Failure' and 'Public Economics of Public Bads' deal with competition among governments, their suboptimal size, regulation, corruption, the informal economy, cognitive dissonance, rent seeking, the UN and criminal cycles. Academics, researchers and students with an interest in economics - particularly public sector economics and Austrian economics - and public policy will find this Handbook to be an invaluable reference tool. |
| public sector economics: Public Sector Economics Charles Victor Brown, 1986 |
| public sector economics: The Entrepreneurial State Mariana Mazzucato, 2024-02-06 Award-winning economist Mariana Mazzucato’s famously incisive international bestseller debunking the pervasive myth of the inept state versus an innovative private sector—with a new preface by the author According to conventional wisdom, innovation is best left to the bold entrepreneurs of the private sector, and government should get out of the way. But what if that wasn't case? What if, from the inventions of Silicon Valley to medical breakthroughs, the public sector has actually been the most courageous and valuable risk-taker of all? Critically acclaimed and influential thinker and scholar Mariana Mazzucato argues comprehensively against the myth of a lumbering, bureaucratic state versus a dynamic, innovative private sector with remarkable original and deep research. In a series of case studies—from nanotechnology to the emerging green tech of today—Mazzucato reveals that the opposite is true: the private sector only finds the courage to invest after an entrepreneurial state has made the high-risk investments. The Entrepreneurial State reveals how every technology that makes the iPhone so “smart” was actually funded by the government—from the Internet and GPS technology, to touch-screen displays and voice-activated Siri. In the history of modern capitalism, the State has not only fixed market failures, but has also actively shaped and created markets. In doing so, it sometimes wins and sometimes fails. Yet by not admitting the State’s role in active risk taking, we've created an innovation system where the public sector socializes risks while privatizing reward, as Mazzucato controversially argues. This bold and provocative book considers how we adopted this dysfunctional dynamic, and then how we can overcome it so that economic growth can be not only smart but inclusive as well. |
| public sector economics: When Public Sector Workers Unionize Richard B. Freeman, Casey Ichniowski, 2007-12-01 In the 1980s, public sector unionism has become the most vibrant component of the American labor movement. What does this new look of organized labor mean for the economy? Do labor-management relations in the public sector mirror patterns in the private, or do they introduce a novel paradigm onto the labor scene? What can the private sector learn from the success of collective bargaining in the public? Contributors to When Public Sector Workers Unionize—which was developed from the NBER's program on labor studies—examine these and other questions using newly collected data on public sector labor laws, labor relations practices of state and local governments, and labor market outcomes. Topics considered include the role, effect, and evolution of public sector labor law and the effects that public sector bargaining has on both wage and nonwage issues. Several themes emerge from the studies in this volume. Most important, public sector labor law has a strong and pervasive effect on bargaining and on wage and employment outcomes in public sector labor markets. Also, public sector unionism affects the economy in ways that are different from, and in many cases opposite to, the ways private sector unionism does, appearing to stimulate rather than reduce employment, reducing rather than increasing layoff rates, and developing innovate ways to settle labor disputes such as compulsory interest arbitration instead of strikes and lockouts found in the private sector. |
| public sector economics: Current Issues in Public Sector Economics Peter McLeod Jackson, 1993 This volume reviews current developments taking place in public sector economics and covers issues in both public expenditure and taxation. Trends in public spending, and their determinants, are reviewed along with recent developments in the public choice perspective and the analysis of the demand for public goods. Taxation issues include the incentive effects of taxation, tax evasion and compliance costs and taxation in developing countries. The book concludes with a discussion of the public sector and income distribution and fiscal federalism. Other topics include privatization and deregulation. |
| public sector economics: Behavioral Public Finance Edward J. McCaffery, Joel Slemrod, 2006-01-23 Behavioral economics questions the basic underpinnings of economic theory, showing that people often do not act consistently in their own self-interest when making economic decisions. While these findings have important theoretical implications, they also provide a new lens for examining public policies, such as taxation, public spending, and the provision of adequate pensions. How can people be encouraged to save adequately for retirement when evidence shows that they tend to spend their money as soon as they can? Would closer monitoring of income tax returns lead to more honest taxpayers or a more distrustful, uncooperative citizenry? Behavioral Public Finance, edited by Edward McCaffery and Joel Slemrod, applies the principles of behavioral economics to government's role in constructing economic and social policies of these kinds and suggests that programs crafted with rational participants in mind may require redesign. Behavioral Public Finance looks at several facets of economic life and asks how behavioral research can increase public welfare. Deborah A. Small, George Loewenstein, and Jeff Strnad note that public support for a tax often depends not only on who bears its burdens, but also on how the tax is framed. For example, people tend to prefer corporate taxes over sales taxes, even though the cost of both is eventually extracted from the consumer. James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian, and Andrew Metrick assess the impact of several different features of 401(k) plans on employee savings behavior. They find that when employees are automatically enrolled in a retirement savings plan, they overwhelmingly accept the status quo and continue participating, while employees without automatic enrollment typically take over a year to join the saving plan. Behavioral Public Finance also looks at taxpayer compliance. While the classic economic model suggests that the low rate of IRS audits means far fewer people should voluntarily pay their taxes than actually do, John Cullis, Philip Jones, and Alan Lewis present new research showing that many people do not underreport their incomes even when the probability of getting caught is a mere one percent. Human beings are not always rational, utility-maximizing economic agents. Behavioral economics has shown how human behavior departs from the assumptions made by generations of economists. Now, Behavioral Public Finance brings the insights of behavioral economics to analysis of policies that affect us all. |
| public sector economics: The Economics of Public Spending David Miles, Gareth D. Myles, Ian Preston, 2003 This work investigates the extent of government involvement in the economy and its rationale, tracing its historical record. The book unites articles previously published in Fiscal Studies, each one addressing a different area of expenditure and written by an economist with an international reputation in that field. Both the data and the relevant theory are analysed and an introduction investigates the overall role of the public sector, discussing the general theory of public expenditure. |
| public sector economics: Modernizing the Public Sector Irvine Lapsley, Hans Knutsson, 2016-12-08 As policymakers and scholars evaluate possible ways forward in the reform and renewal of public services by governments caught up in a recessionary environment, this book aims to offer something different – a comprehensive analysis of the development of the ‘Scandinavian’ way of modernizing public-sector management. No book has yet provided an inside view of the development and character of New Public Management (NPM) in Scandinavia. Although there is a general perception that there is a clear-cut ‘Scandinavian’ model of public policy and management, this book offers a more nuanced interpretation, illuminating subtle distinctions in political, social and economic context which are significant in identifying receptive contexts for the adoption of modernization policies. Organized into three main themes in the modernization of the welfare state – management, governance and marketization – the contents revolve around unique empirical accounts, revealing distinctive Scandinavian characteristics of reform initiatives. The received wisdom may be a hesitant follower of the UK and the USA. But this book offers an alternative interpretation, revealing an edginess in certain Scandinavian settings, particularly in Sweden, which is a largely unrecognized. Without compromising the welfare state, it may be a bold frontrunner in the development of New Public Management. |
| public sector economics: Reforming the African Public Sector. Retrospect and Prospects Joseph R. A. Ayee, 2008 Reforming the African Public Sector: Retrospect and Prospectsis an in-depth and wide-ranging review of the available literature on African public sector reforms. It illustrates several differing country experiences to buttress the main observations and conclusions. It adopts a structural/institutional approach which underpins most of the reform efforts on the continent. To contextualize reform of the public sector and understand its processes, dynamics and intricacies, the book examines the state and state capacity building in Africa, especially when there can be no state without an efficient public sector. In addition, the book addresses a number of theories such as the new institutional economics, public choice and new public management, which have in one way or another influenced most of the initiatives implemented under public sector reform in Africa. There is also a survey of the three phases of public sector reform which have emerged and the balance sheet of reform strategies, namely, decentralization, privatization, deregulation, agencification, co-production and public-private partnerships. It concludes by identifying possible alternative approaches such as developing a vigorous public sector ethos and sustained capacity building to promote and enhance the renewal and reconstruction of the African public sector within the context of the New Partnerships for Africa's Development (NEPAD), good governance and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). |
| public sector economics: Co-production in the Public Sector Mariagrazia Fugini, Enrico Bracci, Mariafrancesca Sicilia, 2016-06-27 This book examines the various ways in which co-production can contribute to the creation, design, and delivery of public services, namely by engaging the expertise of users and their networks, by promoting public services that are better targeted and more responsive to users, by cutting costs against the background of austerity in public finance, by creating a synergy between government and civil society that will impact positively on social capital, and by addressing the challenges resulting from growing democratic and citizenship deficits. Particular attention is paid to local government and the health and social care sector. After definition of the concept of co-production, the critical issues which arise when public services are co-produced are discussed. Various experiences of co-production are presented and analyzed with a view to highlighting why, how, and with what effect public service co-production may be implemented. Individual chapters focus on the impact of co-production in making cities smarter and the use of ICT in supporting co-production of public services. The book will be of relevance to a wide readership, from students to academics and professionals interested or engaged in public service management. |
| public sector economics: Public Sector Economics Charles V. Brown, Peter M. Jackson, 1980 |
| public sector economics: Local Public Finance and Economics Harry Kitchen, Melville McMillan, Anwar Shah, 2019-09-05 Globalization and the information revolution have highlighted the catalytic role of local governments for improving economic and social outcomes at the local level as well as growing the national economy by enhancing international competitiveness. This comprehensive account of local public finance and economics brings together principles and better practices for improving quality and access of local public services provision. The volume covers assignment of responsibilities; jurisdictional design; local service delivery; local regulation; local self-financing options such as income, sales, property and environmental taxation, user charges and fees; infrastructure finance options; and higher order government financing of local governments. The treatment is non-technical and suitable for a wide variety of audiences including scholars, instructors, students, media, policy advisers and practitioners. |
| public sector economics: Organization Theory and the Public Sector Tom Christensen, Per Lægreid, Kjell Arne Røvik, 2007-10-30 Public sector organizations are fundamentally different to their private sector counterparts. They are multi-functional, follow a political leadership, and the majority do not operate in an external market. In an era of rapid reform, reorganization and modernization of the public sector, this book offers a timely and illuminating introduction to the public sector organization that recognizes its unique values, interests, knowledge and power-base. Drawing on both instrumental and institutional perspectives within organization theory, as well as democratic theory and empirical studies of decision-making, this text addresses five central aspects of the public sector organization: goals and values leadership and steering reform and change effects and implications understanding and design. This volume challenges conventional economic analysis of the public sector, arguing instead for a democratic-political approach and a new, prescriptive organization theory. A rich resource of both theory and practice, Organization Theory for the Public Sector: Instrument, Culture and Myth is essential reading for anybody studying the public sector. |
| public sector economics: Readings in Public Sector Economics Samuel H. Baker, Catherine S. Elliott, 1990 |
| public sector economics: Policy and Choice William J. Congdon, Jeffrey R. Kling, Sendhil Mullainathan, 2011 Argues that public finance--the study of the government's role in economics--should incorporate principles from behavior economics and other branches of psychology. |
| public sector economics: Lectures on public economics Anthony Barnes Atkinson, 1987 |
| public sector economics: Public Sector Economics & Development M. Mustafa Erdoğdu, Michel S. Zouboulakis, Sevda Mutlu Akar, Başak Turan İçke, 2018-12-15 This book is one of the products of the Ninth International Conference of Political Economy (ICOPEC) held in September 2018 at Panteion University with the main theme “10 years after the Great Recession: Orthodox versus Heterodox Economics”. This conference was co-organised by the Faculty of Economics of Marmara University, the Greek Association for Political Economy (GAPE), and the Department of Social Policy of Panteion University. This volume contains eight selected papers that benefited from comments and discussion during the conference and subsequently improved significantly. They analyze the relationship between the public sector and economic development. |
| public sector economics: Public Sector Economics Made Simple Donata Irena Trotman-Dickenson, 1983-01-01 |
Public economics - Wikipedia
Public economics (or economics of the public sector) is the study of government policy through the lens of economic efficiency and equity. Public economics builds on the theory of welfare …
Public Sector Economics | Department of Applied Economics
Public Sector Economics examines the impacts of government revenue, expenditure, and investment decisions. Areas of emphasis include tax policy, education, transportation, poverty …
Public Sector Economics
Public Sector Economics is a scientific journal published by the Institute of Public Finance in Zagreb, Croatia. The journal welcomes original theoretical, empirical, and policy-oriented …
Introduction to Public Economics - Lumen Learning
In this course, you will learn how to use the tools of microeconomics and empirical analysis to study the taxing and the spending activities of the government.
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May 21, 2025 · public sector, portion of the economy composed of all levels of government and government-controlled enterprises. It does not include private companies, voluntary …
Public Sector - What Is It, Examples, Roles, Advantages, Types
Feb 14, 2023 · What Is Public Sector? The public sector is the portion of the economy that the government controls and manages. It consists of entities that offer public goods and services, …
Economics of the Public Sector | Harvard Kennedy School
Economics of the Public Sector, Fourth Edition, focuses on the heavily changed, post-global recession world.
Public economics - Wikipedia
Public economics (or economics of the public sector) is the study of government policy through the lens of economic efficiency and equity. Public economics builds on the theory of welfare …
Public Sector Economics | Department of Applied Economics
Public Sector Economics examines the impacts of government revenue, expenditure, and investment decisions. Areas of emphasis include tax policy, education, transportation, poverty …
Public Sector Economics
Public Sector Economics is a scientific journal published by the Institute of Public Finance in Zagreb, Croatia. The journal welcomes original theoretical, empirical, and policy-oriented …
Introduction to Public Economics - Lumen Learning
In this course, you will learn how to use the tools of microeconomics and empirical analysis to study the taxing and the spending activities of the government.
Public sector | Government, Finance & Employment | Britannica ...
May 21, 2025 · public sector, portion of the economy composed of all levels of government and government-controlled enterprises. It does not include private companies, voluntary …
Public Sector - What Is It, Examples, Roles, Advantages, Types
Feb 14, 2023 · What Is Public Sector? The public sector is the portion of the economy that the government controls and manages. It consists of entities that offer public goods and services, …
Economics of the Public Sector | Harvard Kennedy School
Economics of the Public Sector, Fourth Edition, focuses on the heavily changed, post-global recession world.
