The Economic Theory of Fiscal Policy.

The book explores whether fiscal policies can secure full employment without inflation, one of the key questions in economics after Keynes. Part 1, General Theory of Public Finance and Fiscal Policy, discusses Ends and Means in economic policy. The results of this ends-means analysis are applied to...

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Main Author: Hansen, Bent
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014.
Series:Routledge library editions. Economics.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; PREFACE; Table of Contents; INTRODUCTION; PART I. GENERAL THEORY OF FISCAL POLICY; I Ends and Means in Economic Policy; II The Means of Fiscal Policy; III The Balance of the Budget; IV Economic Fluctuations and the Budget; V On Incidence; VI A Classification of the Means of Fiscal Policy; PART II. MICRO-ECONOMICS OF FISCAL POLICY; VII Planning by Households; VIII The Effects of Taxation on the Consumption and Saving Plans of Households; IX Further Observations on Fiscal Policy and Household Planning.
  • X The Importance of Fiscal Policy for Planning by FirmsXI Organizations and Fiscal Policy; PART III. MACRO-ECONOMICS OF FISCAL POLICY; XII Stable Value of Money and Full Employment; XIII Neutral Fiscal Policy; XIV Direct versus Indirect Taxation; XV Fiscal policy and Internal Disturbances; XVI Long-Term Problems of Fiscal Policy; XVII Fiscal Policy and Wage Policy; XVIII Views on Fiscal Policy and Foreign Trade; XIX Full Employment and a Stable Value of Money in a World of Uncertainty; INDEX OF AUTHORS; INDEX OF SUBJECTS.