been addressed by economists for over two hundred years. More generally, the discussion of public finance issues also …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 …

manner that renders it useful to the public finance specialist, whilst remaining understandable for the student and non-specialist …The first volume of the Handbook of Public Economics contains eight essays on various topics in Public Economics by …-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 …

that underlie both public finance theories and applications. These fundamental subjects follow the recent, steady movement … empirical (instead of theoretical) public finance, the methods for measuring taxes (both in revenue gener …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 …

useful to the public finance specialist, whilst remaining understandable for the student and non- specialist … useful to the public finance specialist, whilst remaining understandable for the student and non- specialist …This second volume of the Handbook of Public Economics is a continuation of volume one, with chapters surveying the …