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Public Finance Seminar For Ph.D. Students

In: Lecture Notes in State and Local Public Finance (Parts I and II)

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  • John Yinger

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The following sections are included:Lecture 1: The Property TaxThe U.S. Federal SystemThe Design of the Local Property TaxProperty Tax Relief ProvisionsLecture 2: Public Production FunctionsWhy Production Functions?Education Production FunctionsStiefel, Schwartz, EllenLecture 3: Program EvaluationWhy Program Evaluation?Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP)Class SizeLecture 4: Public Cost FunctionsCost FunctionsB/M/O FrameworkIssues in Estimating Cost FunctionsExamplesLecture 5: Cost Indexes and Pupil WeightsCosts and PolicyThe Cost FunctionPupil WeightsLecture 6: School District ConsolidationHistory of ConsolidationAre There Economies of Size?Methodological ChallengesConclusions and Policy ImplicationsOther Consolidation ResearchSupplemental Material for O/YLecture 7: Demand for Public Services: The Median Voter and Other ApproachesThe Starting PointHousehold Demand for Public ServicesEstimating Household Demand Using SurveysThe Median Voter TheoremEstimating Household Demand Using Community DataExamplesThree ChallengesLecture 8: State AidThe U.S. Education Finance SystemKey Questions in Education Finance ReformTypes of State AidResearch on State AidLecture 9: Bidding and SortingBiddingSortingIs a Federal System Efficient?Lecture 10: Property Tax CapitalizationIntroductionLecture 11: HedonicsHedonic RegressionsThe Rosen FrameworkSeparating Bidding and SortingHedonic VicesLecture 12: School Quality CapitalizationMethodological ChallengesSelected Recent PublicationsProcedures with a Derived EnvelopeKey Results with a Derived EnvelopeConclusions About Estimates with a Derived EnvelopeLecture 13: Sales TaxesThe BasicsA New EraTax IncidenceTax DistortionRecent Literature on Sales Tax ShiftingLecture 14: Property Tax IncidenceStandard Incidence AnalysisAlternative Approaches to Property Tax IncidenceProperty Tax Incidence and Public PolicyLecture 15: Tax CompetitionIntroductionConceptual IssuesBonus Slides! State-Run LotteriesLecture 16: Tax Rates and Economic DevelopmentIntroductionConceptual FramesRecent ResearchLecture 17: Tax Breaks and Economic DevelopmentBasic Tools/ConceptsAgglomeration EconomiesResearch on Tax BreaksLecture 18: InfrastructureWhat is Infrastructure?Capital SpendingPaying for InfrastructureBenefit–Cost AnalysisLecture 19: Bond MarketsMunicipal BondsBasic Bond CharacteristicsTypes of BondsThe Market for Tax-Exempt Loanable FundsIssuing Bonds

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  • John Yinger, 2020. "Public Finance Seminar For Ph.D. Students," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Lecture Notes in State and Local Public Finance (Parts I and II), chapter 1, pages 1-312, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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    Keywords

    Public Finance; State and Local Government; Education; Intergovernmental Aid; Federalism;
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    JEL classification:

    • E6 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook
    • P43 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Other Economic Systems - - - Finance; Public Finance

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