Topics in public economics : theoretical and applied analysis

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Foreword Haim Ben-Shahar Introduction Efraim Sadka, David Pines and Itzhak Zilcha Part I. New Perspectives on Urban Development: 1. A 'slime mold' model of city formation Paul A. Krugman 2. The size of regions: transport and housing as factors in agglomeration Elhanan Helpman Part II. The Economics of Clubs: 3. First and second welfare theorems for economies with collective goods Vicky Barham and Myrna H. Wooders 4. Anonymous pricing in Tiebout economies and economics with clubs John Conley and Myrna H. Wooders 5. Decentralization in club economies: how multiple private goods matter Robert P. Gilles and Suzanne A. Scotchmer 6. Incentives and disagglomerative forces: some modelling problems Roger Guesnerie Part III. The Provision of Public Goods: 7. Self-financing of congestible facilities in a growing economy Richard Arnott and Marvin Kraus 8. The monopolistic provision of congested public goods William H. Oakland 9. Imperfect solutions to the musical-suburbs problem John D. Wilson 10. Nationalism and secession Daniel Berkowitz Part IV. Taxation and Distribution: 11. Why is there corporate taxation in a small open economy? The role of transfer pricing and income shifting Roger H. Gordon and Jeffrey K. MacKie-Mason 12. Patterns of tax arbitrage and decentralized tax autonomy Bernd Genser 13. Destination- and origin-based taxation under international capital mobility A. Lans Bovenberg 14. Factor mobility, risk, and redistribution in the welfare state David E. Wildasin.

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