本教材精选了有一定深度的并且能够系统地阐述财政知识领域的文章和论述，有助于大学财政学学生的专业课学习，为双语教学打好基础。
本教材由20个单元组成，包括财政概念、财政职能、财政支出、投资支出、财政收入、税收理论、税收制度、**预算、预算管理体制等内容。每个单元均附有练习，便于深入理解课文。本书既适用于财政学专业，也适用于各类财经类专业，同时也可作为职员培训的参考书。

Unit 1 Public Finance and Ideology
Unit 2 Analytic Tools of Public Finance
Unit 3 The Structure of Govemment
Unit 4 Government and Market
Unit 5 Public Finance Expenditure
Unit 6 Government Investment Expenditure and Cost- Benefit Analysis
Unit 7 Government Subsidies and Income Support for the Poor
Unit 8 Expenditures on Social Security and Social Insurance
Unit 9 Government and Health Care
Unit l0 The Study and Practice of Income Tax Policy
Unit 11 The Theory of Income Taxation
Unit 12 Taxation of Personal Income in the United States
Unit 13 Taxation of Corporate Income
Unit 14 Taxes on Consumption and Sales
Unit 15 Taxes on Wealth, Property, and Estates
Unit 16 Optimal Taxation and Government Finance
Unit 17 Integrating Mlocation and Stabilization Budgets
Unit 18 Optimal Taxation and Public Policy
Unit 19 National Budget
Unit 20 Budgetary Management System
Glossary
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