Rosen and Gayer's Public Finance provides the economic tools necessary to analyze government expenditure and tax policies and, along the way, takes students to

A comprehensive presentation of the field of public finance, this text adopts a modern, theoretical and empirical approach to the subject.

Drawing from current examples from a variety of countries, Public Finance: An International Perspective addresses the main issues in contemporary public finance

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Chapters include: "Income distribution and welfare programs", "State and local government expenditures" and "Health economics and private health insurance".