Public Sector Economics

A comprehensive and penetrating exposition of public sector economic theory in a clean and elegant format. This book provides a balanced and thorough view of mainstream concepts with a strong theoretical focus throughout, and features a unique bank of up-to-date applications on the companion website to make the theory in the book come alive. www.palgrave.com/economics/treschKey 1. At just under 500 pages, the book is well over a hundred pages shorter than its rivals.2. With a suggested price to students of $79.99, this textbook is 40% less expensive than the leading competitorsSeparate chapters the Social Welfare Function Decreasing Cost Services Public Assistance Social Insurance Taxes, Transfers, and Private Information Three chapters on Fiscal Federalism A unique epilogue that considers how Public Finance as a discipline may be affected by the rise of Behavioral Economics