Lecture Notes in State and Local Public Finance: (Parts I and II): (Parts I and Parts II): 8 (World Scientific Lecture Notes In Economics And Policy) - Hardcover

John Yinger

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9811200904 ISBN 13: 9789811200908

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company, 2020

Synopsis

This book is based on lectures conducted for two classes at the Maxwell School, Syracuse University: A Public Finance Seminar for PhD students in public administration and State and Local Public Finance for master's students in public administration.

Topics covered include the role of voters in a federal system, the sorting of different households into different communities, the determinants of public service costs, the property tax and other sources of local (and state) revenue, fiscal aspects of economic development, and intergovernmental aid (especially for education).

The notes for the Ph.D. class also cover several more advanced topics, such as the estimation of education production and cost functions, the capitalization of school quality into house values, and tax competition among jurisdictions. The focus in these notes is on the highly decentralized federal system in the United States, but many of the principles and much of the behavioral analysis in the class apply to other countries as well.

These notes draw on Professor Yinger's extensive teaching experience and publication record in state and local public finance. They should prove useful to many teachers, scholars, and students who find topics in state and local public finance that they wish to pursue.

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About the Author

John Yinger is Trustee Professor of Public Administration and Economics at the Maxwell School, Syracuse University. He also directs the Education Finance and Accountability Program, which promotes research, education, and debate about fundamental issues in the elementary and secondary school system in the US. Yinger studies racial and ethnic discrimination in housing and mortgage markets; state and local public finance, particularly education; and urban economics. He has published widely in professional journals and is the author, co-author, or editor of five books. He served as senior staff economist in the President's Council of Economic Advisers, and taught at Harvard University and the University of Michigan. Yinger received his PhD from Princeton in 1975.

Edition details

• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9811200904
• ISBN 13: 9789811200908
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 560