| Demographic Change and Fiscal Policy Contributor(s): Auerbach, Alan J. (Editor), Lee, Ronald D. (Editor), Alan J., Auerbach (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521088275 ISBN-13: 9780521088275 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $49.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2008 Annotation: Analyses the effect of changing demography in the US and elsewhere on tax revenues and public programmes. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economics - Macroeconomics - Political Science | Public Policy - Economic Policy |
| Dewey: 339.52 |
| Physical Information: 1.04" H x 6" W x 9" (1.50 lbs) 468 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The essays in this volume discuss such timely topics as demographic change and the outlook for Social Security and Medicare in the United States; long term decision making under uncertainty; the effect of changing family structure on government spending; how the structure of public retirement policies has encouraged early retirement in some countries and not others; the response of local community spending to demographic change; and related topics. Contributors include many of the world's leading public finance economists and economic demographers. |