Public finance and taxation

What is the nature of the firm?

An authoritative study of attempts to deregulate and roll back the state in Britain from 1979-1997.

These essays explore the utility of thinking about public-private partnerships for local economic development.

This book examines the procedures for determining the pay of public sector workers in six European Countries: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden and the UK.

This non-technical volume analyses topical problems of public finance in a changing world characterized by growing mobility of production factors, liberalized economic policy regimes, and the formation of new nations.

Highlighting recent revolutionary changes, this volume deals with the ongoing transformation from central planning towards more efficient economic structures in Eastern and Central Europe and the former USSR.

Investigates various aspects of inflation - the recent history of inflation as well as potential sources of changes, the technical issues regarding the measurement of inflation, the indicators for future inflation, and the policy implications to achieve and maintain price stability.

Tax Havens for International Business is a special management report that shows how the establishment of a tax haven operation, in any of many locations worldwide, can save more money than any internal tax-shelter programme.

Locates the inefficiencies of the traditional public enterprise model within its management and contextual factors.

The book examines the effect of various public policies on economic performance in Japan.

Governments need to know how much revenue their tax systems will raise, who will pay tax and what the effects on the incentives to save, work and invest will be.

The Nordic tax systems have recently undergone dramatic changes.

Despite the various policy approaches tried over the years, the essential problem of the Latin American debt remains unabated - that financing the debts' burden impairs the developmental efforts of the region.

Using Thai-language archival material, this book examines a crucial element in the dismantling of the traditional government structure and the installation of a Western-style administration - the creation of a modern Ministry of Finance.

Presents the policies and strategies of a wide-ranging group of ministerial personalities, central bankers, regulators and chief or senior executives of major financial and industrial groups.

This volume contains 24 of the contributions made to the conference on "e;Economic Decision-making in a Changing World"e; held in 1988.

The books in this series aim to reflect the enormous economic and political changes that small and medium-sized nations in East and South-East Asia have been undergoing in the 1970s and 1980s and to show the impact of these changes on the world economy.

How much does the Soviet Union spend on defense, economic development, social welfare, and education?

FEDERAL TAX RESEARCH, 11E provides unparalleled hands-on tax research training and practice you need using the latest versions of the most widely used online tax research tools, such as Thomson Reuters Checkpoint, CCH IntelliConnect, and BNA Bloomberg.

This book shows how careful attention to moral reasoning can enrich economic understanding and clarify the importance and the limits of an economic analysis of policy problems.

"e;Essential guidance for understanding and navigating the current enforcement environment.

This book shows how careful attention to moral reasoning can enrich economic understanding and clarify the importance and the limits of an economic analysis of policy problems.

An insider's look at the SEC and the changes needed to strengthen the U.

Provides a coherent way to think about the intersection of religious practice and taxes.

Provides a coherent way to think about the intersection of religious practice and taxes.

Introduces citizens to solutions for reforming the American campaign finance system.

This book provides an analysis of the dramatic shifts in American taxation through crises from the American Revolution through to the ''Great Recession''.

This book provides an analysis of the dramatic shifts in American taxation through crises from the American Revolution through to the ''Great Recession''.

Excessive household debt has allowed for economic growth, but this model has become increasingly unstable.

This book analyses conflict theory through one type of conflict in particular: manhunting, or predation.

This book analyses conflict theory through one type of conflict in particular: manhunting, or predation.

This book captures the critical role of taxation in shaping government responsiveness and accountability in developing countries.

This book captures the critical role of taxation in shaping government responsiveness and accountability in developing countries.

This book examines how political party power influences public spending and private subsidies, and how these changes affect inequality.

This book examines how political party power influences public spending and private subsidies, and how these changes affect inequality.

This book identifies sources of power that help business and economic elites influence policy decisions.

This book identifies sources of power that help business and economic elites influence policy decisions.

Explores how the value-added tax (VAT) has risen from relative obscurity to become one of the world''s most dominant revenue instruments.