Public Finance in Canada

Market leading Public Finance in Canada provides a modern treatment of the theory of public finance, and a thorough discussion of empirical issues from a Canadian perspective. Comprehensive yet flexible coverage includes an integrated introduction to tax and expenditure decisions (financing of expenditures in the chapters on health care, education, employment insurance, and public pensions), and extensive analysis of the federal-provincial dimension of the public sector in Canada. There is no doubt that the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic was an unprecedented health and economic shock. The pandemic not only disrupted many aspects of our daily lives but also brought on the largest peacetime increases in program spending by many governments throughout the world. This has resulted in a shift in views around the nature of public finance and the role of government. The Sixth Canadian Edition of Public Finance in Canada combines the universal frameworks of public finance with major real-world developments since March 2020, adding considerable value to students and instructors of public finance in Canada.