Public Policy and the Tax System

Originally published in 1980, this volume reviews and synthesises some of the analytical models used by economists in the late 20th century to tackle certain major questions of public policy, and specifically issues of fiscal policy in its widest sense.

1.Savings and Taxation 2. Inheritance and the Redistribution of Wealth 3. Housing and the Tax System 4. Externalities: The Theory of Environmental Policy 5. The Taxation of Exhaustible Resources 6. Optimal Tariffs to Raise Revenue 7. The Uncertain Foundations of Fiscal Policy