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The Economics of Public Services

Proceedings of a Conference held by the International Economic Association

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1977

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Editors:
  1. Martin S. Feldstein

    1. Harvard University, USA

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  2. Robert P. Inman

    1. University of Pennsylvania, USA

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Part of the book series: International Economic Association Series (IEA)

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Table of contents (20 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Economics of Housing Programmes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Housing Allowances, Income Maintenance and Income Taxation

      • A. B. Atkinson
      Pages 3-16

    3. Public Expenditure for Housing: The Italian Case

      • Francesco Forte
      Pages 17-25

  3. Distributional Issues in Education

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27
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    2. Efficiency and Equity in Public Education Expenditures

      • Michael Bruno
      Pages 29-44

    3. On Measuring the Redistribution of Lifetime Income

      • Richard Layard
      Pages 45-72

  4. The Criminal Justice System

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73
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    2. Jury Size and Composition: An Economic Approach

      • Alvin K. Klevorick
      Pages 75-115

    3. Theory and Estimation in Models of Crime and its Social Control and their Relations to Concepts of Social Output

      • R. A. Carr-Hill, N. H. Stern
      Pages 116-147

  5. Economic Effects of Social Security

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149
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    2. Demographic Effects on the Equity of Social Security Benefits

      • Henry J. Aaron
      Pages 151-173

    3. Social Security and Private Savings: International Evidence in an Extended Life-Cycle Model

      • Martin S. Feldstein
      Pages 174-205

    4. A Social Security System and Short-Term Economic Policy

      • Patrick P. Jeanjean
      Pages 206-230

    5. Redistribution through Social Security: A Lesson from Italy

      • Franco Reviglio
      Pages 231-250

  6. Decentralised Provision of Public Services

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 251-251
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    2. The Supply of Communal Goods and Revenue Sharing

      • Eytan Sheshinski
      Pages 253-273

    3. The Theory of Local Public Goods

      • Joseph E. Stiglitz
      Pages 274-333

    4. The City as a Firm

      • William Vickrey
      Pages 334-343

    5. The Assignment Problem in Federal Structures

      • Albert Breton, Anthony Scott
      Pages 344-357
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Harvard University, USA

    Martin S. Feldstein

  • University of Pennsylvania, USA

    Robert P. Inman

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Economics of Public Services

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of a Conference held by the International Economic Association

  • Editors: Martin S. Feldstein, Robert P. Inman

  • Series Title: International Economic Association Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-02917-4

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1977

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-19543-7Published: 18 May 1977

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-02919-8Published: 01 January 1977

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-02917-4Published: 30 December 2015

  • Series ISSN: 2662-6330

  • Series E-ISSN: 2662-6349

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 529

  • Topics: Public Finance, Economics, general

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