The Elgar Companion to Public Economics

Empirical Public Economics

Edited by Attiat F. Ott, formerly Professor of Economics and President, Institute for Economic Policy Studies, Clark University and Richard J. Cebula, Billy J. Walker/Wells Fargo Endowed Chair of Finance, Jacksonville University, US

Attiat Ott and Richard Cebula have recognised the need to present, in an accessible and straightforward way, the voluminous literature in the public economics arena. Advances in econometric techniques and the spillover of knowledge from other disciplines made it difficult, not only for students but also for lecturers, to accurately find the information they need.