Public Finance – Harvey S. Rosen – 7th Edition

Part 1 Getting Started
1. Introduction
2. Tools of Positive Analysis
3. Tools of Normative Analysis

Part 2 Analysis of Public Expenditure
4. Public Goods
5. Externalities
6. Political Economy
7. Income Redistribution, Conceptual Issues
8. Expenditure Programs for the Poor
9. Social Insurance I: Social Security and Unemployment Insurance
10. Social Insurance II
11. Cost-Benefit Analysis

Part 3 A Framework for Tax Analysis
12. Taxation and Income Distribution
13. Taxation and Efficiency
14. Efficient and Equitable Taxation

Part 4 The United States Revenue System
15. The Personal Income Tax
16. Personal Taxation and Behavior
17. The Corporation Tax
18. Deficit Finance
19. Taxes on Consumption and Wealth

Part 5 Multigovernment Public Finance
20. Public Finance in a Federal System