Francesco Forte, Emeritus Professor of Public Economics, Department of Economics and Law, Sapienza – University of Rome, Italy

• Contents: Introduction: Background: Some Aspects of the History of Thought 1. Decision-making Processes and the Structures of Public Finance 2. Individual and Collective Welfare 3. Public Wants and Public Goods 4. Equilibrium and Disequilibrium between Demand and Supply of Public Goods 5. Bureaucracy and Interest Groups 6. The Fiscal Constitution and the Rules Governing the Budget 7. Public Expenditure 8. Public Revenue and the Tax Burden 9. Income Effects and Allocation Effects of Taxes 10. Optimal Taxation in a Public Economy Conforming to the Market Economy 11. Tax Shifting 12. Public Prices 13. Public Debt and Fiscal Policy 14. Supranational, Regional and Local Public Finance Appendix Bibliography Index

’A long professional and personal association with Francesco Forte accustoms one to the extraordinary breadth of his knowledge, understanding and original thinking not only on economic but also legal and political questions. Principles of Public Economics displays all these estimable qualities to the full, adding for good measure a style and content that must attract both student and savant alike.’

Francesco Forte, Emeritus Professor of Public Economics, Department of Economics and Law, Sapienza – University of Rome, Italy

• Contents: Introduction: Background: Some Aspects of the History of Thought 1. Decision-making Processes and the Structures of Public Finance 2. Individual and Collective Welfare 3. Public Wants and Public Goods 4. Equilibrium and Disequilibrium between Demand and Supply of Public Goods 5. Bureaucracy and Interest Groups 6. The Fiscal Constitution and the Rules Governing the Budget 7. Public Expenditure 8. Public Revenue and the Tax Burden 9. Income Effects and Allocation Effects of Taxes 10. Optimal Taxation in a Public Economy Conforming to the Market Economy 11. Tax Shifting 12. Public Prices 13. Public Debt and Fiscal Policy 14. Supranational, Regional and Local Public Finance Appendix Bibliography Index

’A long professional and personal association with Francesco Forte accustoms one to the extraordinary breadth of his knowledge, understanding and original thinking not only on economic but also legal and political questions. Principles of Public Economics displays all these estimable qualities to the full, adding for good measure a style and content that must attract both student and savant alike.’

Francesco Forte, Emeritus Professor of Public Economics, Department of Economics and Law, Sapienza – University of Rome, Italy

• Contents: Introduction: Background: Some Aspects of the History of Thought 1. Decision-making Processes and the Structures of Public Finance 2. Individual and Collective Welfare 3. Public Wants and Public Goods 4. Equilibrium and Disequilibrium between Demand and Supply of Public Goods 5. Bureaucracy and Interest Groups 6. The Fiscal Constitution and the Rules Governing the Budget 7. Public Expenditure 8. Public Revenue and the Tax Burden 9. Income Effects and Allocation Effects of Taxes 10. Optimal Taxation in a Public Economy Conforming to the Market Economy 11. Tax Shifting 12. Public Prices 13. Public Debt and Fiscal Policy 14. Supranational, Regional and Local Public Finance Appendix Bibliography Index

’A long professional and personal association with Francesco Forte accustoms one to the extraordinary breadth of his knowledge, understanding and original thinking not only on economic but also legal and political questions. Principles of Public Economics displays all these estimable qualities to the full, adding for good measure a style and content that must attract both student and savant alike.’