Public Economics

Author: Gao Peiyong
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: This book is structured and content is selected following the main thread of public revenue and expenditure. The reason for this arrangement is that public economics is a science concerned with the economic activities of the public sector, also known as the government sector. Although the economic activities of the public sector are diverse and complex, in fact, there is a main thread. This main thread is not anything else but the income and expenditure surrounding the economic activities of the public sector.●This book is written as a textbook for students in public management disciplines and related fields at higher education institutions.●As a core course for public management disciplines and related fields, this book aims to explain the basic principles of public economics and provide students with a fundamental knowledge framework regarding the regularities of public sector economic activities.●Relatively speaking, this book does not involve much on the practical level. To make up for this shortcoming, readers can further read textbooks or other relevant literature in public management disciplines that focus on practical aspects after systematically mastering the content of this book.●The prerequisites for this book are microeconomics and macroeconomics. Therefore, its system and content arrangement assume that students are already familiar with the basic knowledge of microeconomics and macroeconomics. Readers who have not taken these two courses may be able to make up for the deficiency by taking them in advance or by gradually making up for the relevant content of the prerequisites during the teaching process.●This book is structured and content is selected following the main thread of public revenue and expenditure. The reason for this arrangement is that public economics is a science concerned with the economic activities of the public sector, also known as the government sector. Although the economic activities of the public sector are diverse and complex, in fact, there is a main thread. This main thread is not anything else but the income and expenditure surrounding the economic activities of the public sector.●This book consists of 14 chapters. If teaching segments need to be divided, chapters 1 to 4 can be considered as Part I, focusing on the general principles of public sector economic activities; chapters 5 to 7 can be considered as Part II, focusing on the operational principles of public revenue and expenditure activities; chapters 8 to 12 can be considered as Part III, focusing on the theories and institutional frameworks of the two main forms of public revenue—taxation and public debt; chapters 13 to 14 can be considered as Part IV, focusing on the relationship between public sector economic activities and macroeconomic operation, as well as the mechanism of the former's impact on the latter.●This book can also be used for training government department staff or self-study, with adjustments made as needed.●Due to limited level and time, this book may inevitably contain errors and inappropriate places, and we sincerely welcome your criticism and corrections.