Public Sector Economics

Author: Cui Jun
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Publish Date: 2001-09-28
Features: This book primarily studies public sector economics. It exhibits the following features: , systematic and comprehensive, covering most of the main knowledge areas of public administration and public management; second, reflecting the new achievements in the field of public administration and public management research at home and abroad, providing new information, data, and multi-perspective thinking space for educators, students, and practitioners in the field of public administration and public management; third, reflecting the characteristics of Master of Public Administration (MPA) professional education, emphasizing application and focusing on the cultivation of abilities, for which the textbook not only teaches general theoretical knowledge but also includes a large number of case studies; fourth, closely integrating China's traditional administrative management thoughts, advanced foreign public administration and public management theories, and China's practical management practices, linking theory with practice. The book includes fundamental theories of public sector economics; public expenditure theory; public revenue theory; macroeconomic theories of the public sector, etc. The book is divided into 5 parts and 18 chapters: , Part 1 includes Chapters 1–4, focusing on the explanation of general principles of public sector economic activities. Chapter 1 discusses the relationship between markets and government; Chapters 2, 3, and 4 respectively discuss three important theoretical categories in the field of public sector economics: external effects, public goods, and public choice. Part 2 includes Chapters 5–7, focusing on the explanation of public expenditure theory and related systems. Chapter 5 discusses the classification of public expenditures and their economic impacts; Chapter 6 focuses on examining the growth trend of public expenditures, tracing the relevant public expenditure growth models to explain the various factors leading to the growth of public expenditures. Chapter 7 analyzes the efficiency of public sector budget decision-making, mainly introducing two methods for conducting efficiency analysis of public sector budget decisions: opportunity cost analysis and cost-benefit analysis. Part 3 includes Chapters 8–13, focusing on the explanation of public revenue theory and its institutional structure. Chapter 8 summarizes the main forms of public revenue, successively entering the field of examination with taxes, government bonds, inflation induced by the government, donations to the government, fees, and charges. Chapters 9–13 focus on the explanation of tax theory and its institutional structure. Part 4 includes Chapters 14–16, focusing on the explanation of macroeconomic theories of the public sector. Chapter 14, titled "Government Bond Management and Macroeconomic Regulation," introduces general theoretical perspectives on government bonds. Chapters 15 and 16 then shift to discussing fiscal policy and the fiscal multiplier, which serves as the theoretical foundation for fiscal policy. Part 5 includes Chapters 17 and 18, focusing on the explanation of theories of intergovernmental fiscal relations. Chapter 17 studies intergovernmental fiscal relations. Chapter 18 examines the intergovernmental transfer payment system, mainly introducing the basic theories of government transfer payments and the intergovernmental transfer payment systems in various countries around the world.