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Study on excise systems in the world (i.e. without socialist countries) with reference to sales tax systems.

A Global Study of the Selective Taxation of Goods and Services

Excise Systems

Lans Bovenberg

Growing populations and economies have increased the public's awareness that the world's environmental resources are finite. The issues of global warming and the depletion of the ozone layer have given universal significance to what were once local and regional pollution problems. What is evident from Public Economics and the Environment in an Imperfect World is that Coasian negotiations fail to internalize the costs of environmental degradation, often calling for public intervention through the market mechanism. In its consideration of such issues the book includes contributions on assessment problems, institutional aspects, the need for coordination and efficiency, and distribution issues.

Public Economics and the Environment in an Imperfect World

Bas Jacobs

Sijbren Cnossen Professor of Public Economics Bas Jacobs

This book provides evidence-based analyses of the Dutch tax system's shortcomings, as well as detailed proposals for reform.

Tax by Design for the Netherlands

Hans-Werner Sinn

Clemens Fuest

Essays on the theory and practice of public finance and policy. The sixteen essays in this book were written to celebrate the ninetieth birthday of Richard Musgrave and to commemorate the tenth anniversary of CES, the Center for Economic Studies at the University of Munich. Musgrave is considered to be a founding father of modern public economics. He belongs to the intellectual tradition that views government as an instrument that can be used to correct market failure and to establish the society that people want. Although his work fits within the individualistic framework of modern economics, he also draws on principles of moral philosophy. The essays take stock of and extend the theory and practice of public finance and public policy. They address the evolving role of government and the welfare state, the interaction between taxation and markets, the future of pension and health care systems, and international tax issues and fiscal federalism.

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