Public Economics: Theory and Policy: Essays in Honor of Amaresh Bagchi - Hardcover

This one-stop book on public economics is a tribute to economist Amaresh Bagchi. Edited by M. Govinda Rao and Mihir Rakshit, Public Economics is a compilation of 10 eclectic articles covering the entire gamut of relevant and important issues.... the book is a commendable compilation that will appeal to students and probably, bureaucrats and is worth reading.

(Businessworld 2012-01-02)

The volume covers nine key articles on frontier areas of public economics. Overall, the volume is refreshing, contemporary, and reform-oriented, providing a befitting tribute to a life spent understanding and influencing a nation’s public finances....Students of public finance and policymakers will find substantial value in these essays.

(Economic & Political Weekly)

This book is a collection of essays by eminent scholars, who were closely associated with Bagchi, as a tribute to his memory. The general objective has been to take forward some of Bagchi's initiatives in the realm of public economics. Advanced students of economics will find the essays challenging and rewarding.... the essays open up many new areas for study and research and constitute a fitting tribute to one of the pioneers in studies on public economics in India.

(The Hindu)

This is a commemorative volume on Dr. Amaresh Bagchi, one of the greatest economic policy reformers of India, revered as the father of fiscal federalism in the country. The collection comprises original contributions by eminent scholars, who were also close friends and associates of Dr. Bagchi. Besides dealing with various important aspects of the subject of public economics and Dr. Bagchi's work-both theoretical and applied-they also add a personal touch to compilation. The reminiscences reveal Dr. Bagchi the man as well as Dr. Bagchi the scholar. Dr. Bagchi worked extensively on tax reforms, establishing the concept of Value Added Tax. The essays in this volume critically analyze and discuss various issues related to tax system reform in the developing world and review the fiscal federalism literature from a developing and transitional country perspective.