TY - BOOK AU - Stiglitz, Joseph E. TI - Economics of the public sector. SN - 0393966518 AV - HJ257.2.S84 PY - 2000/// CY - New York PB - W.W.Norton and Company KW - Economics KW - Finance, Public -- United States KW - Fiscal policy -- United States N1 - Includes index; Contents: The public sector in a mixed economy -- The public sector in the United states -- Market efficiency -- Market failure -- Efficiency and equity -- Public goods and publicly provided private goods -- Public choice -- Public production and bureaucracy -- Externalities and the environment -- The analysis of expenditure policy -- Cost-benefit analysis -- Health care -- Defense and technology -- Social insurance -- Welfare programs and the redistribution of income -- Education -- Introduction to taxation --- Tax incidence -- Taxation and economic efficiency -- Optimal taxation -- Taxation capital -- The personal income tax -- The corporation income tax -- Student's guide to tax avoidance -- Reform of the tax system -- Fiscal federalism -- State and local taxes and expenditures -- Deficit finance -- ER -