Public Finance in a Changing World

Preface - Acknowledgements - Public Finance in A Changing World: Introduction and Summary; P.B.Sorensen - PART 1: ALTERNATIVE PERCEPTIONS OF GOVERNMENT - The Role of the State in Fiscal Theory; R.A.Musgrave - Government Role and the Efficiency of Policy Instruments; V.Tanz i - PART 2: THE WELFARE STATE, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND EMPLOYMENT - Social Insurance, Incentives and Risk Taking; H-W.Sinn - Unemployment in the United States: The Problem and a Proposal; R.Haveman - Unemployment and Public Finance in Europe; F.van der Ploeg - PART 3: PUBLIC FINANCE WITH MANY JURISDICTIONS - Factor Mobility and Redistributive Policy; D.E.Wildasin - Theory and Practice of Confederate Finances; D.Mihaljek - Reform and Coordination of Company Taxes in the European Union; S.Cnossen - PART 4: ECONOMIES IN TRANSITION: RAISING REVENUE AND ALLOCATING PROPERTY RIGHTS - Tax Reform in Transition Economies: Experiences From the Croatian Tax Reform Process; M.Rose & R.Wiswesser - The Sales Policy of the Treuhandanstalt as a Privatization Strategy; G.Sinn - Index