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This classic introduction to public finance remains the best advanced-level textbook on the subject ever written. First published in 1980, Lectures on Public Economics still tops reading lists at many leading universities despite the fact that the book has been out of print for years. This new edition makes it readily available again to a new generation of students and practitioners in public economics.The lectures presented here examine the behavioral responses of households and firms to tax changes. Topics include the effects of taxation on labor supply, savings, risk-taking, the firm, debt, and economic growth. The book then delves into normative questions such as the design of tax systems, optimal taxation, public sector pricing, and public goods, including local public goods.Written by two of the world's preeminent economists, this edition of Lectures on Public Economics features a new introduction by Anthony Atkinson and Joseph Stiglitz that discusses the latest developments in the field and areas for future research. The definitive advanced-level textbook on public economics Examines the effects of taxation on households and firms Covers tax system design, optimal taxation, public sector pricing, and more Includes suggestions for further reading Additional resources available online.

This volume brings together some of the most influential scholars in development economics to explore how to improve the well-being of the poor, how to design effective structures and institutions for poverty reduction and what the role of economic, political and social dimensions are (and should be) in global development. Issues addressed include globalization; both its governance and a historical perspective; inequality, of income, and the potential for conflict; trade and labour practises in a transitional and developing world, and; the natures and characteristics of institutions and markets. ANTHONY B. ATKINSON Warden of Nuffield College, University of Oxford, UK KAUSHIK BASU C. Marks Professor of International Studies and Professor of Economics and Director, Program on Comparative Economic Development, Cornell University, USA JAGDISH. N. BHAGWATI Professor, Columbia University and Senior Fellow in International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, USA GIOVANNI ANDREA CORNIA Professor, Faculty of Economics, University of Florence, Italy DOUGLASS C. NORTH Spencer T. Olin Professor in Arts and Sciences, Washington University, USA MATTI POHJOLA Professor of Economics, Helsinki School of Economics, Finland DANI RODRIK Professor of International Political Economy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA ANTHONY SHORROCKS Director, World Institute for Development Economics Research/United Nations University (UNU/WIDER), Finland FRANCES STEWART Professor of Development Economics and Director, Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity (CRISE), University of Oxford, UK JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ Professor, Columbia Business School, Columbia University, USA JEFFREY G. WILLIAMSON Laird Bell Professor of Economics, Center for International Development, Harvard University, USA