TY  - BOOK
AU  - Eckstein,Otto
TI  - Public finance
T2  - Foundations of Modern Economic Series
SN  - 0876920776
U1  - 336.01 23rd.
PY  - 1979///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Prentice Hall of India
KW  - Economics
KW  - Finance
KW  - Public Finance
N1  - Includes index; The scope of Government Activity -- Efficiency in government Expenditures -- The Public Finances of State and Local Governments -- Economics of Metropolitan Areas -- Taxation: Principles and Issues of Fairness -- Taxes, Efficiency and Growth -- The Economics of the Public Debt -- Managing aggregate demand: Fiscal policy for economic stability
N2  - this book is an introduction to public finance, the study of the revenue and expenditure activities of government. It discuss budgets, taxes, government. It discusses budgets, taxes, government expenditures, and public debts. Public finance is the study of the effects of budgets on the economy, particularly the effect on the achievement of the major economic objectives- growth, stability, equity and efficiency. It is also the study of ' what ought to be': Assuming that we wish to accomplish certain objectives such as increased growth or a fairer distribution of income, what specific policies will accomplish the objectives?
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