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ERIC Number: EJ556439
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0028-0283
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The Way We Were (and Are): Changes in Public Finance and Its Textbooks.
Rosen, Harvey S.
National Tax Journal, v50 n4 p719-30 Dec 1997
Comparison of a contemporary public finance textbook with one written in the 1940s indicates the following major changes in the field: microeconomic theory is now the framework for analyzing positive and normative issues; research is dominated by econometrics; and topical coverage has changed along with changes in public policy. (JOW)
Descriptors: Econometrics, Economics Education, Higher Education, Microeconomics, Public Support, Textbook Research, Textbooks
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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