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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
0521622913
ISBN-13
9780521622912
eBay Product ID (ePID)
558080
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
344 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Democratic Choice and Taxation : a Theoretical and Empirical Analysis
Subject
Taxation, Public Policy / Economic Policy, Political Ideologies / Democracy, Taxation / General
Publication Year
1999
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Law, Political Science, Business & Economics
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
23.4 Oz
Item Length
9.4 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
98-026458
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
‘This … is an integrated presentation of fifteen years of research that makes good use of the space that a book length treatment permits. The writing is lively and sometimes provocative … The big surprise, though, is the comparative analysis. In two ambitious chapters, the authors pose a common set of questions about tax structure to a number of different political economy models, including their own … this method is very effective in conveying the basic logic behind the different approaches. The result is a clarity and focus that move the entire book along … In sum, this is an overall excellent contribution to the theoretical and empirical study of tax structure and institutions. It should be of general interest to researchers in public finance, public choice, and political economy.’Canadian Journal of Economics, 'This … is an integrated presentation of fifteen years of research that makes good use of the space that a book length treatment permits. The writing is lively and sometimes provocative … The big surprise, though, is the comparative analysis. In two ambitious chapters, the authors pose a common set of questions about tax structure to a number of different political economy models, including their own … this method is very effective in conveying the basic logic behind the different approaches. The result is a clarity and focus that move the entire book along … In sum, this is an overall excellent contribution to the theoretical and empirical study of tax structure and institutions. It should be of general interest to researchers in public finance, public choice, and political economy.' Canadian Journal of Economics, 'Democratic Choice and Taxation is an impressive achievement and an enjoyable read. It deserves the attention of everyone interested in political economics and public choice, as well as those mainly interested in tax theory.' The European Journal of Political Economy, 'Democratic Choice and Taxation is a book for specialists in public finance, graduate students, professors and economists in government and business ... It is a learned book with extensive references, used in the text and not just cited in the bibliography, to the entire field of public finance. It is methodologically sophisticated with a self-conscious concern about how its picture of the world is to be verified or stacked up against conventional public finance.'Policy Options, 'This ... is an integrated presentation of fifteen years of research that makes good use of the space that a book length treatment permits. The writing is lively and sometimes provocative ... The big surprise, though, is the comparative analysis. In two ambitious chapters, the authors pose a common set of questions about tax structure to a number of different political economy models, including their own ... this method is very effective in conveying the basic logic behind the different approaches. The result is a clarity and focus that move the entire book along ... In sum, this is an overall excellent contribution to the theoretical and empirical study of tax structure and institutions. It should be of general interest to researchers in public finance, public choice, and political economy.'Canadian Journal of Economics, 'Hettich and Winer's monograph is a synthesis and extension of work that they have been involved in and which has appeared in journals. However it is not simply a collection of papers but is an ambitious book both in terms of the issues considered and particularly, at least to this reviewer, the range of techniques used. Theory, micro and macroeconometrics, and stimulation are all used here mostly to good effect. So there is something in here for everyone.' Kevin Denny, The Economic Journal, "The book's penultimate chapter discusses fiscal constitutions in pluralistc settings, using differences between Canadian and American polities to test its most insightful hypotheses. A final chapter addresses normative policy formation in a public choice context, and suggests many new and potentially fruitful research agendas. No graduate student or seasoned scholar in public economics should pass over this important revisionist book." Thomas Borcherding, Claremont Graduate University, California, 'This book provides an excellent review and critical analysis of existing economic literature on tax systems and the political environment. Its many research suggestions are particularly appealing to researchers in public policy or public finance.' Journal of the American Taxation Association, 'The authors have contributed valuable insight to our knowledge of democratic tax politics, and I hope strongly that other scholars interested in exploring some of the interfaces of economics and politics will take inspiration from this book and pursue some of its themes ... I can strongly recommend this book to everyone who has an interest in the political economy of taxation.' Richard E. Wagner, George Mason University Zeitschrift fur Nationaleconomie, ‘Hettich and Winer’s monograph is a synthesis and extension of work that they have been involved in and which has appeared in journals. However it is not simply a collection of papers but is an ambitious book both in terms of the issues considered and particularly, at least to this reviewer, the range of techniques used. Theory, micro and macroeconometrics, and stimulation are all used here mostly to good effect. So there is something in here for everyone.’Kevin Denny, The Economic Journal, ‘Democratic Choice and Taxation is an impressive achievement and an enjoyable read. It deserves the attention of everyone interested in political economics and public choice, as well as those mainly interested in tax theory.’The European Journal of Political Economy, 'Democratic Choice and Taxation is a book for specialists in public finance, graduate students, professors and economists in government and business ... It is a learned book with extensive references, used in the text and not just cited in the bibliography, to the entire field of public finance. It is methodologically sophisticated with a self-conscious concern about how its picture of the world is to be verified or stacked up against conventional public finance.' Policy Options, 'This book provides an excellent review and critical analysis of existing economic literature on tax systems and the political environment. Its many research suggestions are particularly appealing to researchers in public policy or public finance.' The Journal of the American Taxation Association, "Walter Hettich and Stanley Winer have written the seminal articles applying public choice to questions of taxation. This fine book consolidates and extends their thinking on this topic. It is the definitive public choice analysis of taxation. A must read for anyone in public choice or public finance." Dennis Mueller, University of Vienna, 'This ... is an integrated presentation of fifteen years of research that makes good use of the space that a book length treatment permits. The writing is lively and sometimes provocative ... The big surprise, though, is the comparative analysis. In two ambitious chapters, the authors pose a common set of questions about tax structure to a number of different political economy models, including their own ... this method is very effective in conveying the basic logic behind the different approaches. The result is a clarity and focus that move the entire book along ... In sum, this is an overall excellent contribution to the theoretical and empirical study of tax structure and institutions. It should be of general interest to researchers in public finance, public choice, and political economy.' Canadian Journal of Economics, ‘The positive analysis of taxation is a surprisingly small part of the work conducted in public finance, and this book does an excellent job reminding us of its present limits, and of pushing those frontiers back a bit. The book is very clearly written, eminently fair, and provides a nice sense of the present literature. Although the authors’ approach to the politics of taxation is evident throughout, they do a fine job of presenting the strengths and weaknesses of alternative approaches. Democratic Choice and Taxation consequently, would make an excellent text book for a graduate course in public finance either as a core text in a course that carefully analyzes the politics of taxation, or as a secondary text in a more traditional public finance course.’Roger D. Congleton, Journal of Economic Literature, 'This book provides an excellent review and critical analysis of existing economic literature on tax systems and the political environment. Its many research suggestions are particularly appealing to researchers in public policy or public finance.'The Journal of the American Taxation Association, ‘This book provides an excellent review and critical analysis of existing economic literature on tax systems and the political environment. Its many research suggestions are particularly appealing to researchers in public policy or public finance.’The Journal of the American Taxation Association, 'Democratic Choice and Taxation is an impressive achievement and an enjoyable read. It deserves the attention of everyone interested in political economics and public choice, as well as those mainly interested in tax theory.'The European Journal of Political Economy, 'Hettich and Winer's monograph is a synthesis and extension of work that they have been involved in and which has appeared in journals. However it is not simply a collection of papers but is an ambitious book both in terms of the issues considered and particularly, at least to this reviewer, the range of techniques used. Theory, micro and macroeconometrics, and stimulation are all used here mostly to good effect. So there is something in here for everyone.'Kevin Denny, The Economic Journal, 'Democratic Choice and Taxation is a book for specialists in public finance, graduate students, professors and economists in government and business … It is a learned book with extensive references, used in the text and not just cited in the bibliography, to the entire field of public finance. It is methodologically sophisticated with a self-conscious concern about how its picture of the world is to be verified or stacked up against conventional public finance.' Policy Options, 'The positive analysis of taxation is a surprisingly small part of the work conducted in public finance, and this book does an excellent job reminding us of its present limits, and of pushing those frontiers back a bit. The book is very clearly written, eminently fair, and provides a nice sense of the present literature. Although the authors' approach to the politics of taxation is evident throughout, they do a fine job of presenting the strengths and weaknesses of alternative approaches. Democratic Choice and Taxation consequently, would make an excellent text book for a graduate course in public finance either as a core text in a course that carefully analyzes the politics of taxation, or as a secondary text in a more traditional public finance course.' Roger D. Congleton, Journal of Economic Literature, ‘Democratic Choice and Taxation is a book for specialists in public finance, graduate students, professors and economists in government and business … It is a learned book with extensive references, used in the text and not just cited in the bibliography, to the entire field of public finance. It is methodologically sophisticated with a self-conscious concern about how its picture of the world is to be verified or stacked up against conventional public finance.’Policy Options, 'The authors have contributed valuable insight to our knowledge of democratic tax politics, and I hope strongly that other scholars interested in exploring some of the interfaces of economics and politics will take inspiration from this book and pursue some of its themes ... I can strongly recommend this book to everyone who has an interest in the political economy of taxation.'Richard E. Wagner, George Mason University Zeitschrift fur Nationaleconomie, ‘The authors have contributed valuable insight to our knowledge of democratic tax politics, and I hope strongly that other scholars interested in exploring some of the interfaces of economics and politics will take inspiration from this book and pursue some of its themes … I can strongly recommend this book to everyone who has an interest in the political economy of taxation.’Richard E. Wagner, George Mason University Zeitschrift fur Nationaleconomie, "Economists who engage in the policy process quickly learn that politics seems to count more than economics in determining outcomes. Over the last decade, Walter Hettich and Stanley Winer have done much to improve our understanding of how to take political as well as economic factors systematically into account in the analysis of tax policy. In this book, they bring together and extend their previous work in what can only be called a tour de force - a multipronged theoretical, empirical, and institutional analysis of the complex fiscal game through which democratic states determine their tax structures. The book not only provides intriguing insights for anyone interested in taxation; it also, and more importantly, lays out what appears to be a promising research agenda for analysts of public policy in general." Richard Bird, University of Toronto, 'The positive analysis of taxation is a surprisingly small part of the work conducted in public finance, and this book does an excellent job reminding us of its present limits, and of pushing those frontiers back a bit. The book is very clearly written, eminently fair, and provides a nice sense of the present literature. Although the authors' approach to the politics of taxation is evident throughout, they do a fine job of presenting the strengths and weaknesses of alternative approaches. Democratic Choice and Taxation consequently, would make an excellent text book for a graduate course in public finance either as a core text in a course that carefully analyzes the politics of taxation, or as a secondary text in a more traditional public finance course.'Roger D. Congleton, Journal of Economic Literature, "Hettich and Winer's Democratic Choice and Taxation represents a major and most welcome departure from the optimal tax literature which has dominated the genre for most of this century. Their work treats the choice of tax instrument, its base, and its differential rates across taxpayers as a political economy problem, where deadweights are weighted by political valences of groups with differential power, and weighed against administrative and feasibility costs. Along the way, attention is paid to the cooperative fiscal instruments of tariffs and deficits, while simulations and empirics are introduced to test hypotheses." Thomas Borcherding, Claremont Graduate University, California, 'Democratic Choice and Taxation is an impressive achievement and an enjoyable read. It deserves the attention of everyone interested in political economics and public choice, as well as those mainly interested in tax theory.' European Journal of Political Economy, 'The authors have contributed valuable insight to our knowledge of democratic tax politics, and I hope strongly that other scholars interested in exploring some of the interfaces of economics and politics will take inspiration from this book and pursue some of its themes … I can strongly recommend this book to everyone who has an interest in the political economy of taxation.' Richard E. Wagner, George Mason University Zeitschrift fur Nationaleconomie
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
336.2
Table Of Content
1. Introduction; Part I. Theoretical Framework: 2. Models of political economy and the study of taxation; 3. Foundations of democratic tax systems; 4. Tax structure in equilibrium: a more formal analysis; Part II. Collective Choice and the Normative Analysis of Taxation: 5. An assessment of normative tax theory; 6. Welfare politics and taxation; Part III. Applied General Equilibrium Analysis: 7. Tax policy in a computable model of economic and political equilibrium; Part IV. Statistical Analysis of Tax Structure: 8. Introduction to statistical research; 9. Income taxation and special provisions: evidence from the US states; 10. Debt and tariffs: the evolution of the Canadian revenue system; Part V. Political Institutions and Taxation: 11. Tax systems in congressional and parliamentary countries; 12. Conclusion; Endnotes; References; Index.
Synopsis
Uses general equilibrium model, plus round-up of recent literature to show how tax policies and systems arise from democratic choices., This work examines tax policies and tax systems as they arise from democratic choices, set against the background of a market economy. Professors Hettich and Winer find that democratic institutions yield complex tax systems with features that follow a varied but predictable pattern. In developing their analysis, the authors use formal modelling of voting behavior, emphasizing recent advances in the theory of probabilistic voting. This book differs from the available tax literature by relating fiscal choices directly to voting and by examining tax systems in democratic countries from a variety of perspectives. While the authors primarily focus on explaining observed features of tax systems, they also devote considerable space to the discussion of the welfare and efficiency effects of taxation in the presence of collective choice, and to a review of other models and of the related literature. In addition, they use computational general equilibrium analysis and statistical research on national and state governments in the US and Canada to link theory to empirical data., This work examines tax policies and tax systems as they arise from democratic choices, set against the background of a market economy. The authors argue that democratic institutions yield complex tax systems with features that follow a varied but predictable pattern. In developing their analysis, the authors use formal modelling of voting behaviour, emphasizing recent advances in the theory of probabilistic voting., The authors examine how tax policies and tax systems arise out of democratic choices. The emphasis on voting behavior sets their work apart from other research on public finance. They find that democratic institutions yield tax systems that follow predictable patterns. The analysis is applied to the US in a general equilibrium model.
LC Classification Number
HJ2305 .H525 1999
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