The Marginal Cost of Public Funds: Theory and Applications

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A unified treatment of the marginal cost of public funds, covering both its theoretical foundations and how the MCF concept can be used to analyze tax policy issues.

Author(s): Bev Dahlby
Year: 2008

Language: English
Pages: 346

Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 12
1 Introduction......Page 16
2 Conceptual Foundations of the MCF......Page 26
3 The MCF for Commodity Taxes......Page 66
4 The MCFs for Excise Taxes in Thailand and the United Kingdom......Page 102
5 The MCF from Taxing Labor Income......Page 128
6 Applications of the MCF from Taxing Labor Income......Page 158
7 The MCF from Taxing the Return to Capital......Page 186
8 The MCF from Public Sector Borrowing......Page 220
9 The MCF in a Federal System of Government......Page 256
10 Applications of the MCF in Federations......Page 290
Notes......Page 318
References......Page 326
Index......Page 340