TY - BOOK AU - Hansen,Bent TI - The economic theory of fiscal policy: SN - 9780415489041 (pbk) U1 - 336.3 PY - 1958/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - Fiscal Policy KW - Economic theory N1 - Includes index N2 - The aim of the book is to assess the possibility of using fiscal policy to secure a stable value of money at full employment.The subject matter covers three sections. The first covers topics such as the fundamental principles of taxation, the meaning of equity and the work on the theory of public expenditure of welfare economists. The second section treats problems associated with the micro-economic effects of particular fiscal policy measures. The third section concerns the general macro-economic effects of fiscal policy, and is also concerned with aggregative concepts such as the national income, the level of employment, the general price level, total saving and investment, and the balance of payment ER -