The Field of Public Economics has been changing rapidly in recent years, and the sixteen chapters contained in this … Handbook survey many of the new developments. As a field, Public Economics is defined by its objectives rather than its … techniques and much of what is new is the application of modern methods of economic theory and econometrics to problems that have …

The first volume of the Handbook of Public Economics contains eight essays on various topics in Public Economics by … essays focus on the theory and evidence about the impact of taxation on economic behavior. The material presents an up …-to-date survey of the field of public economics by those actually doing work on the frontier of the subject, and is written in a …

In the Handbook of Public Economics, vol. 5, top scholars provide context and order to new research about mechanisms …

The publication of volumes 3 and 4 of the Handbook of Public Economics affords us several opportunities: to address … comprehensive review of research in public economics over the past few decades, written by many of the field's leading researchers …

This second volume of the Handbook of Public Economics is a continuation of volume one, with chapters surveying the … literature on both the tax and expenditure areas of public economics. The material presents an up-to-date survey of the field of … public economics by those actually doing work on the frontier of the subject, and is written in a manner that renders it …