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Public Choice Theory and the Economics of Taxation


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IN THIS CHAPTER YOU WILL LEARN:

  1. The difficulties of conveying economic preferences through majority voting.


  2. About "government failure" and why it occurs.


  3. The different tax philosophies and ways to distribute a nation's tax burden.


  4. The principles relating to tax shifting, tax incidence, and efficiency losses from taxes.










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