Public Finance Policy

Authors: Ihori, Toshihiro
Equips instructors and students with an overview of the existing literature so that the latter can attain an overall understanding of macroeconomic and microeconomic public finance
Explains the standard concepts of public finance with an appendix that provides advanced topics
Is intuitively understandable without relying on complicated theories and mathematics
Can be used in a variety of courses, including those generally focused on fiscal policy, on social security reform and on tax reform

When it first appeared, Jonathan Gruber’s Public Finance and Public Policy was the first textbook to truly reflect the way public finance issues were evaluated, implemented, and researched in the real world today. Like no other text available, it enhanced its survey of essential, traditional topics with an emphasis on empirical work and coverage of transfer programs and social insurance. Coming in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, the presidential election, the 2009 stimulus package, and ongoing debates over financial reform and health care reform—Gruber is the author of Massachusetts’ universal coverage plan—the new edition couldn’t be more timely.