Principles of Public Finance.

'Dalton has succeeded in expressing general economic concepts in simple language' The Economist. The 1971 edition of this famous textbook includes recent material to the general survey on the theory of taxation, other forms of public revenue, public expenditure and public debts. There are...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Dalton, Hugh
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title page; Copyright Page; Preface to the First Edition; Extract From Preface to the Fifth Edition; Preface to the Ninth Edition; Contents; Part I Introductory; The Nature of Public Finance and the Main Divisions of the Subject; The Principle of Maximum Social Advantage; Public Finance and Private Finance; Part II Public Income; Sources of Public Income; Taxation and Some Distinctions Between Taxes; Some Characteristics of a Good Tax System; The Incidence of Taxation; The Incidence of Taxation (continued); Note to Chapters VII and VIII.
  • The Distribution of the Burden of Taxation from the Point of View of EquityNote to Chapter IX; The Effects of Taxation on Production; The Effects of Taxation on Distribution; Note to Chapter XI; Some Other Effects of Taxation; Note to Chapter XII; The Tax System from the Point of View of Economy; Income from Public Property and Public Enterprises; Income from the Public Printing Press; Part III Public Expenditure; Objects and Classif ication of Public Expenditure; Grants and Purchase Prices; The Effects of Public Expenditure on Production; The Effects of Public Expenditure on Distribution.
  • Some other Effects of Public ExpenditurePart IV Public Debts; The General Characteristics of Public Debts; The Burden of Public Debts; The Repayment of Public Debts; The Conversion of Public Debts; Inter-Governmental Debts; Balancing the Budget; Note on Book; Index; Note.