Public finance and taxation

Based on a pioneering research programme on the evolution of top incomes, this volume brings together studies from 10 OECD countries.

Excise taxes on smoking, drinking, gambling, polluting, and driving are always topical and controversial.

Japan's tax system, which has changed notably through periods of war, post-war reconstruction, rapid economic development, and moderated economic growth, provides outstandingly rich material for in-depth study.

Latin American experiments with pension reform began when Chile converted its public pay-as-you-go system to a system of private individual accounts in the early 1980s.

A notable feature in cultural life is the growing demand to preserve and promote public access to historical buildings and sites, and artistic treasures of the past.

While Europe is certainly one of the richest and most educated areas of the world, some of the challenges faced by the old continent are staggering: low economic growth, structural difficulties in the labour market, and increasing international competition.

Our economies face constant challenges from many different directions.

Government information systems are big business (costing over 1 per cent of GDP a year).

Taxation involves complex questions of policy, law, and practice.

Since the onset of the global economic crisis, activists, policy makers, and social scientists have been searching for alternative paradigms through which to re-imagine contemporary modes of thinking and writing about economic orders.

This textbook provides an introduction to modern monetary economics for advanced undergraduates, highlighting the lessons learned from the recent financial crisis.

The European Union (EU) has emerged as a central actor in financial governance.

A rapidly growing area of economic research investigates the top of the income distribution using data from income tax records.

Despite the importance of insurance in enabling individual and collective social, economic, and financial activities, discussions about the macroeconomic role and risks of insurance markets are surprisingly limited.

Despite the importance of insurance in enabling individual and collective social, economic, and financial activities, discussions about the macroeconomic role and risks of insurance markets are surprisingly limited.

This volumes examines the interaction of labour market conditions and retirement decisions.

Tax systems raise large amounts of revenue for funding public sector's activities, and tax/transfer policy, together with public provision of education, health care, and social services, play a crucial role in treating the symptoms and the causes of poverty.

Tax systems raise large amounts of revenue for funding public sector's activities, and tax/transfer policy, together with public provision of education, health care, and social services, play a crucial role in treating the symptoms and the causes of poverty.

This volume presents Richard Blundell's outstanding research on the modern economic analysis of labor markets and public policy reforms.

Research for the developing world can generate evidence on the effectiveness of foreign aid, invent new technologies that serve poor people, and strengthen research capabilities in poor countries.

Research for the developing world can generate evidence on the effectiveness of foreign aid, invent new technologies that serve poor people, and strengthen research capabilities in poor countries.

This book addresses sixteen different reform proposals that are urgently needed to correct the fault lines in the international tax system as it exists today, and which deprive both developing and developed countries of critical tax resources.

This book addresses sixteen different reform proposals that are urgently needed to correct the fault lines in the international tax system as it exists today, and which deprive both developing and developed countries of critical tax resources.

Over the past couple of decades, differentials in the level of private contributions to charitable organizations have become a central matter of public policy.

There has been little analysis of the constitutional framework for management of the UK economy, either in constitutional law or regulatory studies.

There has been little analysis of the constitutional framework for management of the UK economy, either in constitutional law or regulatory studies.

This book offers a critical assessment of the history of the euro, its crisis, and the rescue measures taken by the European Central Bank and the community of states.

Institutional reforms and their contribution to development and growth have been a source of renewed interest as well as of many challenges over the last two decades.

This book offers a critical assessment of the history of the euro, its crisis, and the rescue measures taken by the European Central Bank and the community of states.

Why do fewer teenagers in England from disadvantaged backgrounds go to university than young people from better-off families?

Arguments about taxation are among the most heated- no other topic is as influential to the role of government and the distribution of costs and benefits in America.

Arguments about taxation are among the most heated- no other topic is as influential to the role of government and the distribution of costs and benefits in America.

Why have the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq lasted longer than any others in American history?

Why have the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq lasted longer than any others in American history?

The threats posed by global climate change are widely recognized and carbon emmissions are the major source of greenhouse gases accumulating in the atmosphere.

The threats posed by global climate change are widely recognized and carbon emmissions are the major source of greenhouse gases accumulating in the atmosphere.

From 1978 through the turn of the century, China was transformed from a state-owned economy into a predominantly private economy.

From 1978 through the turn of the century, China was transformed from a state-owned economy into a predominantly private economy.

Keeping the economy strong will require addressing two distinct but related problems.

Keeping the economy strong will require addressing two distinct but related problems.

Rome's wars delivered great wealth to the conquerors, but how did this affect politics and society on the home front?

Rome's wars delivered great wealth to the conquerors, but how did this affect politics and society on the home front?

In Gaining Currency, leading China scholar Eswar S.

In Gaining Currency, leading China scholar Eswar S.

The debates about the what, who, and how of tax policy are at the core of politics, policy, and economics.

The debates about the what, who, and how of tax policy are at the core of politics, policy, and economics.

Rich people stash away trillions of dollars in tax havens like Switzerland, the Cayman Islands, or Singapore.

Rich people stash away trillions of dollars in tax havens like Switzerland, the Cayman Islands, or Singapore.

A comprehensive explanation of information institutions as they relate to the success of subnational capital markets Global trends in decentralization and the growing role of world cities have increased the importance of infrastructure development.