Principles of Public Finance by Toshihiro Ihori. by Ihori, Toshihiro

Table of Contents: “…Public Finance and a Review of Basic Concepts -- 1 The Main Functions of the Public Sector -- 2 A Review of Analytical Basic Concepts -- 3 The Public Sector in Japan -- 4 Organization of the Book -- Appendix: Japan's Fiscal Management -- References -- Questions -- Part I Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance -- Chapter 2 The Macroeconomic Theory of Fiscal Policy I -- 1 The Simple Keynesian Model -- 2 The IS/LM Analysis -- 3 The Open Economy -- 4 The Efficacy of Fiscal Policy and the Policy Maker -- Appendix: Public Investment in Japan -- References -- Keywords -- Questions -- Chapter 3 The Macroeconomic Theory of Fiscal Policy II -- 1 The Permanent Level of Fiscal Variables -- 2 Consumption and Saving Behavior -- 3 The Labor Market and Supply Function -- 4 Equilibrium in the Goods Market -- 5 The Effect of Fiscal Policy -- 6 Evaluation of the Public Sector -- Appendix: The Size of Government Spending and the Private Sector's Evaluation -- References -- Keywords -- Questions -- Chapter 4 Public Debt -- 1 Ricard's Neutrality Theorem -- 2 The Shift of the Burden to Future Generations -- 3 Barro's Neutrality -- 4 Policy Implications of the Debt Neutrality Theorem -- 5 The Non-Keynesian Effect -- Appendix: Government Debt in a Overlapping Generations Model -- References -- Keywords -- Questions -- Chapter 5 Economic Growth and Fiscal Policy -- 1 A Simple Growth Model -- 2 Optimal Public Investment -- 3 The Solow Model -- 4 The Endogenous Growth Model -- 5 Inequality and Economic Growth -- Appendix A: Taxes on Capital Accumulation and Economic Growth -- Appendix B: Supply-Side Effect of Public Investment in Japan -- References -- Keywords -- Questions -- Chapter 6 Fiscal Management -- 1 Understanding Fiscal Management -- 2 Fiscal Bankruptcy -- 3 Fiscal Consolidation -- Appendix: Fiscal Deficits in a Growing Economy -- References -- Keywords -- Questions -- Chapter 7 The Public Pension -- 1 Justification of the Public Pension -- 2 Economic effect of the Public Pension -- 3 Public Debt and the Public Pension -- 4 Public Pension Reform -- 5 Privatization of the Pay-as-you-go System -- Appendix A: Intergenerational Conflict in an Aging Japan -- Appendix B: Simulation Analysis in an Aging Japan -- Conclusion -- References -- Keywords -- Questions -- Part II Microeconomic Aspects of Public Finance -- Chapter 8 The Theory of Taxation -- 1 Taxation and Labor Supply -- 2 The Efficiency of Taxation -- 3 Interest Income Tax and Saving -- 4 Investment and Tax -- 5 Consumption Tax -- Appendix: The Savings Elasticity Controversy -- References -- Keywords -- Questions -- Chapter 9 Tax Reform -- 1 Labor Income Tax and Interest Income Tax -- 2 The Theory of Optimal Taxation -- 3 The Theory of Tax Reform -- 4 General Consumption Tax and Labor Income Tax -- 5 The Timing Effect of Taxation -- 6 Simulation Analysis of Tax Reform -- Appendix A: Optimal Taxation in an Overlapping Generations Economy -- Appendix B: Tax Reform within Lump Sum Taxes -- References -- Keywords -- Questions -- Chapter 10 Income Redistribution -- 1 Progressive Income Tax -- 2 Endogenous Labor Supply -- 3 The Optimal Income Tax -- 4 Nonlinear Income Tax -- 5 Economic Constraint and Redistribution -- Appendix: Optimal Linear Income Tax -- References -- Keywords -- Questions -- Chapter 11 The Theory of Public Goods -- 1 Public Goods -- 2 Optimal Provision of Public Goods: The Samuelson Rule -- 3 The Theory of Public Good Provision: the Nash Equilibrium Approach -- 4 The Theoretical Analysis of Public Goods: the Lindahl Equilibrium -- 5 The Free Rider Problem -- 6 The Neutrality Theorem of Public Goods -- Appendix: Public Bads, Growth, and Welfare -- References -- Keywords -- Questions -- Chapter 12 Public Spending and the Political Process -- 1 The Failure of Government -- 2 The Voting Model -- 3 The Voting Model and Reality -- 4 Political Parties and Fiscal Policy -- 5 Theoretical Model of the Partisan Business Cycle -- 6 Further Comments -- Appendix A: Fiscal Privileges, Consolidation Attempts and Pigouvian Taxes -- Appendix B: Political Factors and Public Investment Policy in Japan -- References -- Keywords -- Questions -- Chapter 13 Local Public Finance -- 1 Intergovernmental Finance -- 2 The Supply of Local Public Goods -- 3 Tax Competition -- 4 The Time Consistency of a Tax Policy -- 5 The Principle of Local Tax -- 6 Redistribution among Local Governments -- 7 Further Issues on Intergovernmental Finance -- Appendix: Analytical Model of Central and Local Governments in Japan -- References -- Keywords -- Questions -- Index. .…”
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The European Harmonization of National Accounting Rules The Application of Directive 2013/34/EU in Europe / edited by Alberto Incollingo, Andrea Lionzo.

Table of Contents: “…The evolution of accounting regulations in the EU -- Germany -- United Kingdom -- France -- Italy -- Spain -- Denmark -- Sweden -- The Netherlands -- Objectives, overriding principles and relevance -- Financial statements layouts -- Write-down for impairment losses -- Accounting for Capital and Reserves, OCI and Profit Distribution -- Income taxes in financial statements -- Non-financial reporting in the European Union: current issues and prospects -- Private firm accounting in the EU: still an incomplete and fragmented picture.…”
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If You’re a Classical Liberal, How Come You’re Also an Egalitarian? A Theory of Rule Egalitarianism / by Åsbjørn Melkevik. by Melkevik, Åsbjørn

Table of Contents: “…No Progressive Taxation Without Discrimination? -- Chapter 6. A Tax Dead on Arrival: Inheritance and Social Mobility -- Chapter 7. …”
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Game Theory in Management Accounting Implementing Incentives and Fairness / edited by David Mueller, Ralf Trost.

Table of Contents: “…Fair Distribution of Cooperation Gains in Supply Chains – A Justification Program from an Economic Point of View -- 11. …”
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Insolvency and financial distress : how to avoid it and survive it / Brian Finch. by Finch, Brian

Table of Contents: “…; Chapter 4: Practical problems; Cessation of service and supply; Dealing with tax authorities; Dealing with landlords; Dealing with banks; Dealing with bailiffs.…”
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Recent Advances in Game Theory and Applications European Meeting on Game Theory, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 2015, and Networking Games and Management, Petrozavodsk, Russia, 2015 / e...

Table of Contents: “…Ranking Journals in Sociology, Education and Public Administration by Social Choice Theory Methods -- On the Position Value for Special Classes of Networks -- A Differential Game of a Duopoly with Network Externalities -- The Shapley Value as a Sustainable Cooperative Solution in Differential Games of 3 Players -- Impact of Propagation Information in the Model of Tax Audit -- An Infinite Horizon Differential Game of Optimal CLV-based Strategies with Non-atomic Firms -- A Dynamic Model of a Decision Making Body where the Power of Veto can be Invoked -- The Selten-Szidarovszky Technique: the Transformation Part -- Generalized Nucleoli and Generalized Bargaining Sets for Games with Restricted Cooperation -- Occurrence of Deception under the Oversight of a Regulator Having Reputation Concerns -- Bayesian Networks and Games of Deterrence -- A New Look at the Study of Solutions for Games in Partition Function Form -- A Model of Tacit Collusion: Nash-2 Equilibrium Concept -- Strong Coalitional Structure in an Open Vehicle Routing Game.…”
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Real Estate Economics : a Point-to-Point Handbook. by Pirounakis, Nicholas G.

Table of Contents: “…-- 9.5.1 Inheritance taxes -- 9.5.2 Tax capitalization and tax incidence -- 9.5.3 Capital-gains taxes -- 9.5.4 Sales taxes -- 9.5.5 (Recurrent) property taxes -- 9.5.6 More on the capitalization issue -- 9.6 Taxation of imputed rental income -- 9.6.1 The 'imputed rent is income' argument -- 9.6.2 The 'income redistribution' argument -- 9.6.3 The 'tenure-neutrality' argument -- 9.6.4 The 'equal treatment of investments' argument -- 9.6.5 The 'taxation efficiency' argument -- 9.6.6 Efficiency and preferences -- 9.7 Appendix: incidence calculation of an ad valorem tax -- Summary of main points -- Review questions and exercises -- 10 Land uses, values, and taxation -- Learning outcomes -- 10.1 The land-use pattern in a market economy -- 10.2 Land uses as expressions of urban hierarchies -- 10.3 Land uses outwards from a city's core -- 10.4 A firm's bid-rent curve -- 10.4.1 A constant-revenue firm -- 10.4.2 A variable-revenue, constant-price firm -- 10.4.3 A variable-revenue, variable-price, and variable-quantity firm -- 10.5 A household's bid-price curve -- 10.5.1 A more traditional approach -- 10.6 How bid-curves help create a land-use pattern -- 10.7 A bid-curve for all land uses in an urban area -- 10.8 Land-value taxation (LVT) -- 10.8.1 Preliminary remarks -- 10.8.2 Tax incidence and deadweight loss (DWL) -- 10.9 Critical appraisal of arguments favouring LVT -- 10.9.1 Argument 1 -- 10.9.2 Argument 2 -- 10.9.3 Argument 3 -- 10.9.4 Argument 4 -- 10.9.5 Argument 5 -- 10.9.6 Concluding remarks -- 10.10 Economic rent from land -- 10.11 Appendix: derivation of bid-rent curve and rend-gradient -- Summary of main points.…”
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Weekly address : protecting the middle class & the economy / by the White House.

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The glossary of property terms / compiled by Jones Lang Lasalle in association with Estates Gazette ; edited by Geoff Parsons.

Table of Contents: “…Cover ; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction to the First Edition; Introduction to the Second Edition; Editor's Note; Panels; Acknowledgements; Notes on Compilation and Usage; Terms; Changes in Society; References; Categories; Abbreviations; Glossary of Property Terms and Abbreviations; Appendix -- Terms grouped by subject-matter; Accounts; Agriculture and fisheries; Archaeology; Biometrics; Building and construction; Capital allowances; Capital Gains Tax; Case references; Companies and partnerships; Compulsory purchase; Contamination and pollution.…”
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Mexico Battle for North America / Sveriges television.

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The Economic and Social Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic Romania in a European Context / edited by Valentina Vasile, Elena Bunduchi.

Table of Contents: “…Tax Burden During the Pandemic: Lessons Learned and Challenges -- Chapter 7. …”
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Medicare and medicaid : how can we afford them? / Maura Casey. by Casey, Maura

Table of Contents: “…; Option One: Do What It Takes to Maintain Our Commitment; Tax hikes may make sense; Sharing in the cost; What we could do; Option Two: Reduce Health-Care Costs Throughout the System; Waste robs health-care dollars; Bargaining over drug prices; What we could do; Option Three: Get Serious about Prevention; Curb alcohol use, not just smoking; Put farmers' markets on wheels; Care for seniors and the disabled at home; What we could do; Summary: Medicare & Medicaid: How Can We Afford Them?…”
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Money matters;local government finance in the people's republic of china. by Asian Development Bank

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Managing Concentrated Stock Wealth : an Advisor's Guide to Building Customized Solutions. by Kochis, Tim

Table of Contents: “…Chapter Note -- Appendix -- PART II: GIFTS -- CHAPTER 7 Gifts to Family -- Transfer Taxes -- Income Tax Leverage -- Special Rules on Employer Stock -- Transfer Structures -- Gifts Under the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act -- Minorâ#x80;#x99;s Trust -- Intentionally Defective Grantor Trusts -- Family Limited Partnerships -- Gaining Psychic Distance -- CHAPTER 8 Nonqualified Stock Options: Gifts to Family -- Investment Leverage -- Tax Leverage -- Timing and Valuation -- CHAPTER 9 Gifts to Charity -- Tax Savings -- The Cost of Charitable Gifts -- Special Income Tax Considerations -- Loss Positions -- Short-Term Gains -- Seasoned Incentive Stock Option Stock -- Low-Basis Shares -- IRA Assets -- Tangible Personal Property -- Structures for Charitable Gifts -- Direct Gifts -- Donor-Advised Funds -- Private Foundations and Supporting Organizations -- A Word of Caution -- Appendix: Key Characteristics of Charitable Vehicles -- CHAPTER 10 Charitable Trusts -- The Charitable Remainder Trust -- Tax Requirements and Opportunities -- Tax Deferral -- Coordinating a CRT with the Clientâ#x80;#x99;s Financial Plan -- The Charitable Lead Trust -- CHAPTER 11 Nonqualified Stock Options: Gifts to Charity -- The Charitable Gift -- Mismatches of Valuation and Timing -- Why Bother? …”
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Tricks of the Rich Overy, Paul. by Overy, Paul

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The writer's legal guide an authors guild desk reference / Tad Crawford and Kay Murray. by Crawford, Tad, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…The business of writing -- Copyright : gaining and keeping protection -- Copyright : registration and deposit -- Copyright : works made for hire, joint works, and community property -- Copyright : infringement, fair use, and permissions -- Copyright : past and present -- Other rights of the writer -- The limitations on free expression -- The Freedom of Information Act -- Contracts : an introduction -- Negotiating a book contract -- Periodical and syndication contracts -- Film and television contracts and dramatic productions -- Electronic rights, e-books, and audio licenses -- Literary agents and agency agreements -- Collaboration agreements -- Book packagers -- The self-publishing option and subsidy presses -- Taxes : income and expenses -- Taxes : beyond schedule C -- The hobby loss rule -- Estate planning for professional authors -- How to avoid or resolve disputes.…”
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The Good Retirement Guide 2015, 29th Edition Kay, Frances. by Kay, Frances, Smith, Allan

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Top Incomes : a Global Perspective. by Atkinson, A. B. (Anthony Barnes), 1944-2017

Table of Contents: “…The Evolution of Income Concentration in Japan, 18862005: Evidence from Income Tax Statistics; 4. Top Incomes in Indonesia, 19202004; 5. …”
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Elevate SwiftUI Skills by Building Projects Build Four Modern Applications Using Swift, Xcode 14, and SwiftUI for IPhone, IPad, Mac, and Apple Watch / Frahaan Hussain ; foreword by... by Hussain, Frahaan

Table of Contents: “…Validating the salary -- Passing the salary through to ResultsView -- Calculating tax breakdown -- Tax calculation -- Fixing the ContentView binding error -- Renaming ContentView to FrontView -- Extra tasks -- Different tax options -- Tax geography -- Summary -- Chapter 4: iPad Project -- Photo Gallery Overview -- Technical Requirements -- Understanding the Design Specifications -- Acceptance criteria -- Wireframe -- Building the Gallery UI -- Set Project to iPad -- Highlight Page -- Adding Highlight Page Components -- Implementing the Highlight View -- Summary…”
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Reaching for a new deal : ambitious governance, economic meltdown, and polarized politics in Obama's first two years / Theda Skocpol and Lawrence R. Jacobs, editors.

Table of Contents: “…Layzer -- Paying America's way: the fraught politics of taxes, investments, and budgetary responsibility / Andrea Louise Campbell.…”
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