| Part 1 - Nature of Government |
| Chapter 1 | Foundations of Public Economics |
| Chapter 2 | Government in Practice
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| Part 2 - Markets and Government |
| Chapter 3 | Competitive markets: Efficiency and Welfare |
| Chapter 4 | Market Failures, Equity and Government |
| Chapter 5 | Economic Growth and Government |
| Part 3 - Economic Evaluation and Public Policy |
| Chapter 6 | Valuing Individual Preferences |
| Chapter 7 | Social Welfare and Economic Evaluation |
| Chapter 8 | Cost-Benefit Analysis
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| Part 4 - Public Choice |
| Chapter 9 | Individual Values and Public Choice |
| Chapter 10 | Public Choice in Practice
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| Part 5 - Building Economic Foundations |
| Chapter 11 | Providing Public Goods |
| Chapter 12 | Education |
| Chapter 13 | Externalities and Environment |
| Chapter 14 | Competition Policy and Industry Regulation |
| Chapter 15 | Information and Safety
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| Part 6 - Public Supply of Goods and Services |
| Chapter 16 | Delivering Efficient Public Services |
| Chapter 17 | Pricing Public Services |
| Chapter 18 | Public or Private Ownership |
| Chapter 19 | Economic Infrastructure: Transport
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| Part 7 - Public Finance and Taxation |
| Chapter 20 | Introduction to Public Finance |
| Chapter 21 | Incidence of Taxation |
| Chapter 22 | Taxation and Efficiency |
| Chapter 23 | Optimal Taxation and Tax Reform |
| Chapter 24 | Borrowing and Debt
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| Part 8 - Taxation in Practice |
| Chapter 25 | Taxation of Personal Income |
| Chapter 26 | Corporate Taxation |
| Chapter 27 | Other Tax Issues: Consumption, Wealth, and Non-Profit Organisations
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| Part 9 - Social Welfare and Income Redistribution |
| Chapter 28 | Poverty and Inequality |
| Chapter 29 | Welfare by Market Regulation |
| Chapter 30 | Income Redistribution and Other Welfare Policies |
| Chapter 31 | Welfare for the Workforce, Families, and the Aged |
| Chapter 32 | Health
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| Part 10 - Multi-Government Systems |
| Chapter 33 | Multilevel Government |
| Chapter 34 | Globalisation and Government
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| Part 11 - Conclusion |
| Chapter 35 | Concluding Observations
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