Taxes as Instruments of Public Policy

by Allan M. Maslove

Taxes are not only a means of raising revenues. Governments also used taxes as instruments to achieve other economic and social policy goals. The role of the user fees to achieve greater efficiency in the production and consumption of publically provided goods and services is the subject of the first paper in this volume. The following two papers discuss the role of the tax system in human capital investment and the feasibility and impact of a carbon/energy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802071953
• ISBN13: 9780802071958
• Release Date: December 1994
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"