Politics and Public Policy

Economic theorists and finance practitioners alike turn to the seminal work of Wallace E. Oates for a systematic statement of the economic principles of fiscal federalism. In this book, Professor Oates provides an overview of fiscal fed...

This widely acclaimed book presents for the first time a detailed comparative survey of government research expenditure in 6 leading scientific nations over the period 1975–87. It provides disaggregated international statistics showing ...

A concise introduction to the study of foreign policy, this textbook provides an essential guide to a major area of international politics which has become increasingly complex and sophisticated.

This book presents in one volume Professor Wiseman’s seminal work on the theory of costs and the economist’s treatment of the role of government. The major themes concern the subjectivity of costs and the unknowability of the future. Fro...