Subjects:  1. Budget    2. Budget process    3. Budgeting    4. Business & Economics    5. Business/Economics    6. General    7. Governmental Budgeting    8. Politics / Current Events    9. Program budgeting    10. Public Affairs & Administration    11. Public Finance    12. United States    13. Business & Economics / General    14. Economics, Finance, Business and Industry    15. Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects    16. Sociology, Social Studies   

Subjects:  1. Accounting    2. Accounting - General    3. Accounting - Governmental    4. Business & Economics    5. Business / Economics / Finance    6. Business/Economics    7. Finance, Public    8. Non-Profit Organizations Management    9. Nonprofit Organizations & Charities    10. Nonprofit organizations    11. Public Finance    12. Public Finance (General)    13. Standards    14. United States    15. Business & Economics / Accounting / Governmental    16. Central government    17. Local government    18. Non-profitmaking organizations    19. Public finance accounting   

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Excessively intuitive. But any way, he`s a Nobel Price
Although I deeply respect J. Stiglitz, I prefer H. Rosen`s Public Finance. I found it more effective to learn this subject due to the deeper treatment of the models and theories.
Review of Public Sector Economics by J. Stiglitz
Excessive use of graphs and charts which are very difficult to follow. Some chapters read easily, others very difficult to understand. Would be better if it had a complementary teacher's guide. LRM

mixed feelings
accessible text for beginners, but the text is NO preparation for the end-of-chapter questions.With no available answer key and no help from a teacher, the questions are IMPOSSIBLE to answer leaving the student/reader/taker of test extremely tired and hungry and unsatisfied with econ knowledge at 2 in the morning. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business/Economics    3. Finance, Public    4. Fiscal policy    5. Politics / Current Events    6. Public Finance    7. Public Finance (General)    8. Public Policy - Economic Policy    9. United States   

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Fits the bill
As required reading for the University of Richmond Public Budgeting and Finance course, Spring 2006, this small book is one that I will probably use for reference material even after the class.
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Subjects:  1. Budget    2. Business & Economics    3. General    4. Governmental Budgeting    5. Medical / Nursing    6. Public Finance    7. Public Health    8. Sociology    9. United States    10. POLITICS & GOVERNMENT    11. Political Science / General   

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Textbook highlights contemporary issues and contemporary research
An excellent textbook for an upper level course for economics majors. There is a lot of inertia in textbook choice, but I was finally convinced to adopt Gruber's book when I served as the Lecturer for Stanford University's upper-level seminar in Public Economics. The textbook has high production values and of particular note is its timeliness in covering both current policy issues (Social Security Reform, Fundamental Tax Reform, Education, etc.) and current public economics research (Political Economy, Behavioral Economics, Contract Theory, etc). Most textbooks on the market offer a very dated view of Public Economics, especially in terms of current research. The book explains the findings using intuition and graphs, but provides mathematical detail in mathematical supplements for the ambitious reader. The accompanying website also provides impressive PowerPoint slides. The student response to the textbook was uniformly positive.
My Dad's book rocks!
My Dad's book is awesome! Maybe I'm getting ahead of myself. My name is Sam Gruber, and my Dad is Jonathan Gruber. Seriously. I'm not kidding. I swear. If you don't believe me, ask him. Anyway, the reason I liked this book is because he used my name in it 25 times! (he counted.) I also liked the colors. I really like the cover, because I helped my Dad pick it. All in all, my Dad can write very well, and if he doesn't write another book, well, I'll make him. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Economics - General    5. Finance    6. Finance, Public    7. Fiscal policy    8. Public Finance    9. Public welfare    10. Political economy   

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thousands of resources
This book has literally thousands of resources for various grants, incentives, loans, apprenticeships, internships, and on and on. All of these items require research and WORK on the part of the applicant. It is not a book of magical phone numbers and addresses that you call to receive a check. That said, it is an invaluable resource for those who are seeking financial aid for any imaginable purpose, from starting a business to job training to arts programs to aid for veterans. All information contained (phone numbers, etc.) could easily be updated if necessary with a quick Google search.

OK
Informative book.But there are not any useful resources for California residents that are above the poverty line.

DO NOT BUY!!!!
This is a scam.For example, the most useful number he gives is 202-555-1212 YES! that's general information for D.C.Please, do not buy this book......it is terrible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Administrative agencies    2. Directories    3. Economic assistance, Domestic    4. Fund Raising And Grants (General)    5. General    6. Grants-in-aid    7. Public Finance    8. Reference    9. U.S. Government (Specific Aspects)    10. United States   

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Great Resource
I picked up this book the week before I started my first grant writing job and boy was I glad! I knew the organization relatively well, and combined with the insights this book gave me I was able to be successful, winning one major and several minor grants for the organization within my first four months. This book is perfect for grant writers, but there is certainly the bigger picture of fundraising that you ought to be aware of, especially if you are in a small organization. The book's title seemed a bit grandiose to me, but it lived up to its name.

Simply the Best
Purchased this book with a few others to get started on grant writing for a non-profit.Read the book front to back in less than a week because I enjoyed it so much.I found myself coming into my office each morning and checking out new websites from the book to help me.After reading the book, I truly understand what grantmakers are looking for in a proposal.Thank you so much!

A Model of Its Kind
I live in London, am an interested observer of the relationship between local government and the private sector but not someone who would ever actually have to write a grant proposal. The beauty of this book lies in the combination of fascinating insider knowledge and graceful writing. It even made me laugh out loud at times.No small feat. All in all, a remarkable achievement. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business/Economics    3. Fund Raising And Grants (General)    4. Fund raising    5. Grants-in-aid    6. Nonprofit Organizations & Charities    7. Proposal writing for grants    8. Public Finance    9. Reference    10. Research    11. United States    12. Writing Skills    13. Business & Economics / Nonprofit Organizations & Charities   

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Truly a good primer
This is the only book I found that actually explained everything in its table of contents in a way that I could understand.This is an excellent book for a total beginner just trying to understand the basic issues of thin capitalization rules, deductions vs. exemptions vs. credits, double taxation, tax sparing, tax havens, etcetera. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business/Economics    3. General    4. International    5. International - Taxation    6. International business enterpr    7. International business enterprises    8. Law and legislation    9. Legal Reference / Law Profession    10. Taxation    11. Business & Economics / Public Finance    12. International economic & trade law    13. International economics    14. Taxation law   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business Law    4. Business/Economics    5. Economics - General    6. Economics - Microeconomics    7. Public Finance    8. Business & Economics / Economics / General    9. Economic theory & philosophy    10. Economics    11. Handbook    12. Institutional    13. Ménard    14. New    15. Shirley   

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Convincing!
Based on clear analysis of economic facts, Brussees conclusions are very convincing. Get ready!
May be too true by 2006.
Some people don't think this book is credible because it's written by somebody who is an engineer by trade, not an economist.Well, this reviewer has a degree in business and it's almost a horror book from an economic point of view.
An interesting read
It's a scary book, but maybe not half as scary as it should/could have been. The publishers faced the usual quandry - how to tune just the right balance of fear (get their eyeballs) leavened by hope (you'll be OK). A razor's edge for doomster types of books.
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Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Economics - Microeconomics    5. Investments & Securities - General    6. Investments & Securities - Stocks    7. Public Finance    8. Business & Economics-Economics - Microeconomics    9. Consumer credit    10. Depressions    11. Microeconomics   

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Good Review Text on Rat-Choice Politics and Public Choice
This is a great book! As a political-science graduate student I've been exposed to a great deal of game-theory and rat-choice in my seminar classes, but, unfortunately, it has come in the form of numerous papers, piles of books, and several classes that did not build off of one another. I was left with the feeling that it was a very, very important subject, but it was presented in a manner that left me, as a student, with an incomplete picture of the topic and the breadth of work that has gone on in this field.Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business/Economics    3. Democracy    4. Economics - General    5. Elections    6. General    7. Politics / Current Events    8. Public Finance    9. Social choice    10. State, The    11. Welfare economics    12. Business & Economics / Economics / General    13. Economic theory & philosophy    14. Elections & referenda    15. Political economy    16. Political science & theory    17. Sociology, Social Studies   

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Great Look at Big Sports Business
This was a very interesting book.Written by 2 scholars but easy to read and enlightening to anyone who wants a closer look at how sports teams and cities play off against each other and with competition (other sports teams and other cities).Read more

Subjects:  1. Case studies    2. Finance    3. Finance, Public    4. General    5. History    6. Planning    7. Politics/International Relations    8. Public Finance    9. Sociology    10. Sociology - Urban    11. Sports & Recreation    12. Stadiums    13. United States    14. Sport & leisure industries    15. USA    16. Urban communities   

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Mikesell continues to lull people to sleep... has he learned?
Public Budgeting Systems by Robert D. Lee, Philip G. Joyce, and Ronald Wayne Johnson is written more clearly... if you have a choice, buy this book. The problem with Mikesell is that he has to write 200 pages (six chapters) to explain the concept of revenues in the budget process. Too many trees were wasted in the development of this book. Lee, Joyce, and Johnson can do this in 40 pages.
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Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business/Economics    3. Finance, Public    4. General    5. Government - U.S. Government    6. Politics / Current Events    7. Public Affairs & Administration    8. Public Finance    9. Public Finance (General)    10. Economics, Finance, Business and Industry    11. Finance & Accounting    12. Political Science / General   

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Great analysis on ways to go about providing Public Goods
I think that this book closes the knowledge gap surrounding this topic. It is one thing to theorize about the benefits or negative impacts of global public goods (or bads) and another to suggest ways to go about dealing with GPG. This book is extremely enlightening and presents realistic solutions!

Perfect Follow-up
Global Public Goods and Multilateralism must intertwine in order for progress and provision to come about. This is an idea that is so often neglected and forgotten. This book places an importance role that nations must carry out...it also provides recommendations for issues that arise in the midst of GPG provision. This book does not negate the global issues that exist within and surrounding the international realm...yet the book does a fabulous job on highlighting the importance of addressing these issues as a means of furthering the progress of Global Public Goods.

Thought Provoking
This books is an excellent follow-up of the Global Public Goods: International Cooperation in the 21st Century. It helped me visual and understand the provisionary measures needed to bring about GPGs. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Development - Economic Development    5. Globalization    6. International - Economics    7. International economic relatio    8. International economic relations    9. Public Finance    10. Public goods    11. Business & Economics / Public Finance    12. Economics | Public    13. International economics    14. POLITICS & GOVERNMENT   

Subjects:  1. Banks & Banking    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. Development - Business Development    6. Finance    7. Public Finance    8. Business & Investing / Finance    9. Credit & credit institutions    10. Development economics   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Finance    5. Finance, Public    6. Government business enterprise    7. Government business enterprises    8. Privatization    9. Public Finance    10. Business & Economics / Finance    11. Finance | Corporate | International   

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Excellent Resource for Nonprofit leaders and professionals
Capital Campaigns from the Ground Up: How Nonprofits Can Have the Buildings of their DreamsRead more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Finance    5. Fund raising    6. Non-Profit Organizations Management    7. Nonprofit Organizations & Charities    8. Nonprofit organizations    9. Public Finance    10. Public Finance (General)    11. Public buildings    12. Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings    13. Small Business - Capital Generation    14. United States    15. Budgeting & financial management    16. Business & Economics / Nonprofit Organizations & Charities    17. Non-profitmaking organizations   

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Worth reading, but avoids the underlying disagreements
I had high hopes for this book; the transcript of a symposium featuring a back-and-forth dialogue of sorts by two leading thinkers in the area of public choice and finance would seem ideal, and as an introduction to the field, it was quite good.Where it fell short is in offering an analysis of the ideas on which the differences between the participants' views lay.Rather, one tended to offer his outlook on, say, the proper redistributive function of a government, or whether brakes on power are best set at the constitutional level, and the other would offer his views.So there was very little in the way of attacking the weak points of each other's arguments directly.Put simply, Buchanan does not trust people in positions of power, while Musgrave does.Buchanan's work usually involves modeling how things work, while Musgrave looks at how he thinks things should be.But there is little exploration of the basis for, for instance, Musgrave's frequent assertions that, well, things tend to be this way and we aren't happy with that so you see we need government intervention.He just goes on, and then when it is Buchanan's turn, he goes on.And the book is rather philosophical in nature; while there is a lot of economics jargon throughout, the overall level is general.It all just seemed a bit too civil.A good enough book, but perhaps a subscription to Critical Review would be a better place to look for more penetrating discussions of the topics at hand. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Economic Theory    2. Economics - General    3. Fiscal Policy    4. Government - U.S. Government    5. Political Science    6. Politics / Current Events    7. Politics/International Relations    8. Public Finance    9. Public Policy - Social Policy    10. Social choice    11. State, The    12. Business & Economics / Finance    13. Political economy   

Subjects:  1. Computer Networks    2. Computers    3. Electronic Commerce    4. International    5. Law    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Tax Law    8. Taxation    9. Business & Economics / Public Finance    10. International economic & trade law    11. Internet    12. Taxation law   

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Great overview on Inflation based products
wow, incredible improvement to the first edition. coverage of all important aspects (i can think of) on inflation. history, example issues, purpose of use from investor & issuer as well as technical points regarding calculation and pricings. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Bond market    2. Bonds    3. Business & Economics    4. Business / Economics / Finance    5. Business/Economics    6. Finance    7. Government securities    8. Indexation (Economics)    9. Inflation (Finance)    10. Investments & Securities - General    11. Public Finance    12. Public Securities    13. Business & Economics / Finance    14. Investment & securities