Modern Public Finance (Second Edition)

Author: Hu Qingkang
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Publish Date: 2001-09-16
Features: This book is part of the "Fudan Scholar" series of premium textbooks published by Fudan University Press. The entire book is divided into five parts and fourteen chapters, covering topics such as the functions of public finance, public finance expenditure, public finance revenue, fiscal relations between governments, and macro-fiscal theory. The second edition builds upon the more thorough elaboration of the relevant chapters from the first edition and adds chapters on external effects and their correction, positive effects, public finance consumptive expenditure, and tax system structure, making the overall system more complete and the content richer. Additionally, the second edition places greater emphasis on the latest developments in this field, such as the evaluation of various environmental economic policies, the impact of taxation and risk-bearing, and an introduction to Clintonomics. This book can serve as a textbook for faculty and students majoring in finance, economics, and other related fields in higher education, as well as a reference for practitioners, researchers, and policymakers in the fields of public finance and taxation. [Editor's Recommendation]