Public Finance

This new edition takes a broader perspective on how financial frauds have shaped the public accounting profession by focusing on fraud cases around the globe. Ever entertaining and educational, the book traces the development of accounting standards and legislation put in place as a direct consequen..

This new edition takes a broader perspective on how financial frauds have shaped the public accounting profession by focusing on fraud cases around the globe. Ever entertaining and educational, the book traces the development of accounting standards and legislation put in place as a direct consequen..

Existing literature has looked at many factors that shape Chinese pension reforms. As China’s pension reform proceeds in an expanding and localizing fashion, this book argues that there is an urgent need to examine it in the context of China’s political institution and economic transformations...

_x005F_x000D_ The subnational dimension of infrastructure has emerged as one of the greatest challenges in contemporary public finance policy and management. Ensuring the efficient provision of infrastructure represents a challenge for all countries irrespective of their level of centralization or d..

This book examines the rise of growing inequality in Asia and proposes the use of fiscal policy in the introduction for more equitable advancement in the region. The roles of public spending and taxes are analyzed in setting forth concrete policy options that further strengthen the stabilizing effec..

This book examines the rise of growing inequality in Asia and proposes the use of fiscal policy in the introduction for more equitable advancement in the region. The roles of public spending and taxes are analyzed in setting forth concrete policy options that further strengthen the stabilizing effec..

The book combines interdisciplinary teams from business, economics, information science, law and political science to offer a unique and innovative interdisciplinary approach to the issue of international tax coordination...

The book combines interdisciplinary teams from business, economics, information science, law and political science to offer a unique and innovative interdisciplinary approach to the issue of international tax coordination...

This book collects the original contributions related to the new European Union Directives approved in 2014 by the EU Parliament. They are of both economists and lawyers, and have been presented in a manner that allows for exchanges of views and "real time" interaction. Four sections characterize th..

China’s stunning record of economic development since the 1970s has been marred by an increasingly obvious gap between the country’s ‘haves’ and its ‘have-nots’. This collection traces the causes of this growing inequality, using new data including surveys, interviews, newly available official stati..

Public Finance in Theory and Practice is the most accessible introduction to public finance and public economics available and is any student’s first stop for the key tenets of the field including public goods and externalities, taxation, provision for health and education and the analysis of govern..

As a result of the global financial crisis of 2008-2009, governments have started cutting back the state and public sectors, thus introducing methods that look suspiciously like those adopted under Reagan and Thatcher. This book uses innovative statistical methods to profile and group countries befo..