Handbook of Public Finance

The Handbook of Public Finance provides a definitive source, reference, and text for the field of public finance. In 18 chapters it surveys the state of the art - the tradition and breadth of the field but also its current status and recent developments.

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General Editors: Juergen G. Backhaus University of Erfurt Richard E. Wagner George Mason University Contributors: Andy H. Barnett Charles B. Blankart Thomas E. Borcherding Rainald Borck Geoffrey Brennan Giuseppe Eusepi J. Stephen Ferris Fred E. Folvary Andrea Garzoni Heinz Grossekettler Walter Hettich Scott Hinds Randall G. Holcombe Jean-Michel Josselin Carla Marchese Alain Marciano William S. Peirce Nicholas Sanchez David Schap A. Allan Schmid Russell S. Sobel Stanley L. Winer Bruce Yandle

Handbook of Public Finance

Editors

Jürgen G. Backhaus University of Erfurt and

Richard E. Wagner George Mason University

KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS NEW YORK, BOSTON, DORDRECHT, LONDON, MOSCOW

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Handbook of Public Finance Table of Contents 1.

Jürgen G. Backhaus and Richard E. Wagner Society, State, and Public Finance: Setting the Analytical Stage

2.

Russell S. Sobel Welfare Economics and Public Finance

19

Geoffrey Brennan and Giuseppe Eusepi Fiscal Constitutionalism

53

Thomas E. Borcherding, J. Stephen Ferris, and Andrea Garzoni Growth in the Real Size of Government since 1970

77

3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

1

Walter Hettich and Stanley L. Winer Rules, Politics, and the Normative Analysis of Taxation

109

Randall G. Holcombe Taxation, Production, and Redistribution

139

Fred E. Foldvary Public Revenue from Land Rent

165

Richard E. Wagner Debt, Money, and Public Finance

195

Andy H. Barnett and Bruce Yandle Regulation by Taxation

217

Carla Marchese Taxation, Black Markets, and Other Unintended Consequences

237

Scott Hinds, Nicolas Sanchez, and David Schap Public Enterprise: Retrospective Review and Prospective Theory

277

William S. Peirce Privatization, Nationalization, and Aspects of Transition

301

Heinz Grossekettler Social Insurance

323

Richard E. Wagner Redistribution, Poor Relief, and the Welfare State

385

A. Allan Schmid Economic Analysis and Efficiency in Public Expenditure

407

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16. 17. 18.

Charles B. Blankart and Rainald Borck Local Public Finance

441

Jean-Michel Josselin and Alain Marciano Federalism and Subsidiarity in National and International Contexts

477

Jürgen G. Backhaus Fiscal Sociology: What For?

521

Index

543

Chapter 1 SOCIETY, STATE, AND PUBLIC FINANCE: SETTING THE ANALYTICAL STAGE Jürgen G. Backhaus University of Erfurt

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Richard E. Wagner George Mason University

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Abstract

Much of contemporary public finance can be described as being either Wicksellian or Edgeworthian in character. In