TY - BOOK AU - Auerbach,Alan J. AU - Feldstein,Martin S. TI - Handbook of public economics SN - 044482314X (v. 3 : alk. paper) AV - HJ141 .H36 2002 U1 - 336 PY - 2002///- CY - Amsterdam, New York PB - Elsevier KW - Finance, Public KW - Welfare economics KW - Economics - public N1 - Originally published: Amsterdam ; New York : North-Holland ; New York : Elsevier Science [distributor], 1985-1987. (Handbooks in economics ; 4); Includes bibliographical references and indexes N2 - The field of Public Economics has been changing rapidly in recent years, and the sixteen chapters contained in this Handbook survey many of the new developments. As a field, Public Economics is defined by its objectives rather than its techniques, and much of what is new is thw application of modern methods of economic theory and economics to problems that have been addressed by economists for over two hundred years UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0601/99028028-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0601/99028028-t.html ER -