Solutions Manual to Accompany Intermediate Public Economics

This solutions manual for Intermediate Public Economics (MIT Press, 2006) offersstudents an opportunity to practice using the analytical tools of public economics at intermediateand more advanced levels. The 424 exercises in the textbook (all of which are covered in thesolutions manual) vary widely in nature and difficulty; some involve reflection on the models usedand the discussion of assumptions and conclusions, while others work through general arguments inthe text using specific functional forms. Several require the use of data to test theoreticalpredictions. The more challenging exercises explore and extend the material in the text. The Manualgives complete solutions to the analytical questions and provides guidance to the major points inthe discussion problems, occasionally extending the discussion to related issues. In answers to theexercises analyzing data, the authors have kept the econometrics simple both in the estimationpackage employed and in the level of econometric sophistication. All regressions equations have beencomputed using Microsoft Excel. Advanced students can employ a wider range of test statistics andconduct appropriate integration tests on time series data. Professors and students will find thisbook an important resource for their work with the textbook.