Public Sector Economics: Theory and Applications

By Vivien Burrows

Accessible, comprehensive, and rigorous: Public Sector Economics provides the ideal balance of theoretical and applied coverage.

In the only textbook to provide rigorous coverage of both economic theory and its applications to real-world policy, Vivien Burrows draws examples from a wide range of countries and encourages students to develop their own ability to apply the theory in new contexts.

Key Features:
- Provides comprehensive coverage of economic theory in an accessible manner.
- Focuses heavily on analyzing applications of the theory to real-world policies.
- Includes up-to-date policy examples from the UK, Europe, and a wide range of other countries.
- Discusses the neoclassical theory for government intervention, along with critiques and alternative perspectives.
- Explores how insights from behavioural economics can inform policy design.
- Explains the intuition behind different theories and arguments, rather than abstract mathematical modelling.

Digital formats and resources
This title is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats: the e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features and links that offer extra learning support.
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Teaching resources for adopting lecturers include:
Data Exercises

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198869010
• ISBN13: 9780198869016
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 632 Pages