Description |
xxii, 339 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
Contents |
A difficult road ahead. Introduction ; Finance : origins, branches, and lacuna -- Why public finance? : overview and applications to the international arena. Pareto and welfare economics ; Market failures : the free-rider problem, public goods, and externalities ; Market failures : competitive breakdowns, incomplete markets, and information failures ; Poverty alleviation and distributional equity ; Stabilization and coordination ; The political process -- The changing patterns of international public administration and finance. International public administration and finance : origins and development ; The present pattern : the main actors -- Elements of a system of international public finance. International taxation : beyond the nation-state ; The global commons : regulation and revenues ; Macroeconomics and other measures ; Conclusion : the bottom lines |
Summary |
The author develops a theory which deals with public finance at the international level. He describes his view of the elements of an international public finance system i.e. international taxation, the regulation of the global commons and their generation of revenues for international use, and monetary and other measures, including the use of the special drawing rights and gold holdings of the International Monetary Fund |
Analysis |
International finance Policies Of Government |
Notes |
Includes index |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-320) and index |
Subject |
Government lending.
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International finance.
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Taxation.
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LC no. |
91024763 |
ISBN |
0195071948 (acid-free paper) |
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0195071956 (paper) |
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