STATE AND LOCAL PUBLIC FINANCE FOR MASTER’S DEGREE STUDENTS

John Yinger

Chapter 2 in Lecture Notes in State and Local Public Finance:(Parts I and II), 2020, pp 313-535 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: The following sections are included:Lecture 1: Introduction and OverviewThe U.S. Federal SystemOverview of Course TopicsLecture 2: The Demand for Local Public ServicesThe Determinants of Demand for Public ServicesTax PriceHow is Demand Revealed?Lecture 3: Local VotingVoting and DemandTax LimitsLecture 4: Public Sector Costs ConceptsKey ConceptsPublic Production and Cost FunctionsExamples of “Environment”Cost vs. SpendingLecture 5: Public Sector Costs: PolicyBaumol’s DiseaseBoosting Productive EfficiencyCompetition and CostsLecture 6: Local Public RevenueTax Policy PrinciplesTax EquityAllocative EfficiencyIntroduction to the Property TaxLecture 7: Property Tax CapitalizationTiebout and OatesWhat is Property Tax Capitalization?How Does Tax Capitalization Arise?Property Tax Capitalization and Public PolicyLecture 8: Property Tax IncidenceFour Approaches to Property Tax IncidenceProperty Tax Incidence and Public PolicyLecture 9: Income and Sales TaxesSales TaxesThe Federal Income TaxLinks between Federal and State Income TaxesLecture 10: Revenue from Government MonopolyWhy have Government Monopolies?State-run Liquor StoresState-sponsored GamblingLegal Narcotics Stores?Lecture 11: User FeesWhy Use Public Pricing?Basic Rule for Public PricesPeak-load PricingWhen Pricing Principles ConflictLecture 12: InfrastructureWhat is Infrastructure?Capital SpendingInfrastructure DecisionsPaying for InfrastructureLecture 13: Municipal Bonds MarketsMunicipal BondsBasic Bond CharacteristicsTypes of BondsLecture 14: Issuing Municipal BondsMarket OverviewFeatures of Municipal BondsIssuing BondsLecture 15: Economic Development: ConceptsIntroductionMacroeconomic ModelsInput/Output AnalysisAgglomeration EconomiesLecture 16: Economic Development PolicyTaxes and Economic DevelopmentSpecific Tax BreaksPublic Services and Economic DevelopmentThe Art of Economic Development PolicyLecture 17: Intergovernmental Fiscal RelationsU.S. Constitutional StructurePrinciples to Guide the Assignment of ResponsibilitiesBehavioral Responses to GrantsFiscal HealthLecture 18: State Aid to EducationEducation Finance Reform and the CourtsKey Questions in Education Finance ReformTypes of State Aid FormulaLecture 19: Education AccountabilityState Aid Reform and AccountabilityState Aid Reform and School ChoiceState Aid Reform and Capital Spending

Keywords: Public Finance; State and Local Government; Education; Intergovernmental Aid; Federalism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E6 P43 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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