Title: International public finance : a new perspective on global relations /
Authors: Mendez, Ruben P.
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 1992
Subjects: International finance.; Government lending; Taxation
Contents: A difficult road ahead. Introduction ; Finance : origins, branches, and lacuna -- Why public finance? : overview and applications to the international arena. Pareto and welfare economics ; Market failures : the free-rider problem, public goods, and externalities ; Market failures : competitive breakdowns, incomplete markets, and information failures ; Poverty alleviation and distributional equity ; Stabilization and coordination ; The political process -- The changing patterns of international public administration and finance. International public administration and finance : origins and development ; The present pattern : the main actors -- Elements of a system of international public finance. International taxation : beyond the nation-state ; The global commons : regulation and revenues ; Macroeconomics and other measures ; Conclusion : the bottom lines.