Derek Neal writes that economists must analyze public education policy in the same way they analyze other procurement problems. He shows how standard tools from economics research speak directly to issues in education. For mastering the models and tools that economists of education should use in...

Introduction: history of taxation -- Chronology -- Taxation, the price we pay -- The basics of taxation -- Components of a tax -- The making of a "good" tax -- Role of taxation in our economy: U.S. agencies and institutions -- The internal revenue service (IRS) and common tax forms -- Congress...

"Taxation is a discipline that does not receive sufficient academic attention. It is typically viewed as a subset of law, accounting, public policy, economics, or finance. In this respect, most academic efforts in the field of taxation are shadowed by a mother discipline. There is currently an...