Public Finance and Public Policy in the New Century

Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-262-03304-6
Verlag: Penguin Random House LLC

Buch, Englisch, 565 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 894 g

Reihe: CESifo Seminar Series

Essays on the theory and practice of public finance and policy.The sixteen essays in this book were written to celebrate the ninetieth birthday of Richard Musgrave and to commemorate the tenth anniversary of CES, the Center for Economic Studies at the University of Munich. Musgrave is considered to be a founding father of modern public economics. He belongs to the intellectual tradition that views government as an instrument that can be used to correct market failure and to establish the society that people want. Although his work fits within the individualistic framework of modern economics, he also draws on principles of moral philosophy. The essays take stock of and extend the theory and practice of public finance and public policy. They address the evolving role of government and the welfare state, the interaction between taxation and markets, the future of pension and health care systems, and international tax issues and fiscal federalism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cnossen, Sijbren

Sinn, Hans-Werner

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Öffentliche Finanzwirtschaft, Besteuerung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik

Über Autor(innen)

Sinn, Hans-Werner
Hans-Werner Sinn is Professor of Economics and Public Finance at the University of Munich and President of the CESIfo Group. Author of Can Germany Be Saved? The Malaise of the World's First Welfare State (MIT Press) and other books, he is former president of the International Institute of Public Finance, and former chairman of the German Economic Association.

Cnossen, Sijbren
Sijbren Cnossen is Professor of Economics and Tax Law at Maastricht University and Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Hans-Werner Sinn is Professor of Economics and Public Finance at the University of Munich. He is President of the Ifo Institute for Economic Research and Director of the Center for Economic Studies at the University of Munich.