Measuring Welfare Changes and Tax Burdens

by John Creedy

This book is concerned with some of the conceptual and practical problems of measuring the changes in welfare of individuals and the excess burdens arising from taxation. It provides an introductory review of alternative concepts and practical approaches to the measurement of welfare as well as providing a number of practical examples of welfare analyses in a variety of contexts.

The excess burden of a tax is a central concept in economics. John...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1858989213
• ISBN13: 9781858989211
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"