Contents of Public Economics - Principles and Practice

Nature of Government

  • Foundations of Public Economics
  • Government in Practice

Markets and Government

  • Competitive Markets: Efficiency and Welfare
  • Market Failures, Equity and Government
  • Economic Growth and Government

Economic Evaluation and Public Policy

  • Social Welfare and Economic Evaluation
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis
  • Public Choice and Individual Values
  • Public Choice in Practice

Economic Foundations and Policies for Market Failures

  • Public Goods
  • Externalities
  • Competition Policy
  • Information Failures

Public Supply of Goods and Services

  • Delivering Efficient Public Services
  • Pricing Public Services
  • Public or Private Ownership
  • Health and Education

Public Finance and Taxation

  • Introduction to Public Finance
  • Incidence of Taxation
  • Taxation and Efficiency
  • Optimal Taxation and Tax Reform
  • Public Sector Borrowing and Debt

Social Welfare

  • Poverty and Inequality
  • Social Welfare Policies
  • Labour Market Policies
  • Families, Retirement and Incapacity

Multi-Government Systems

  • Multilevel Government
  • Globalisation and Government