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Textbooks oa public finance:
Plehn
(1896)
Adams/
(1898)
Daniels
(1899)
Hunter
(1921)
Lutz-Jensen
Shultz
King
Buehler

(1931)
(1935)
(1936)

These dates ignore revised editions.
Also include specialized contributions of Seligman

and Bullock vhich are classics in l i t e r a t u r e of American
public finance




ADAMS, Henrjr C a r t e r
THE SCIEMCE OF FINANCE: AN INVESTIGATION OF PUBLIC
EXPENDITURES AND PUBLIC REVENUES.
New York: Henry
Holt & C o . , 1896.




ADAMS, Henry Carter




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BASTABLS, 0. F.
PUBLIC FINANOE. London: Macmillan & Company,
1895.

ed., 1903




BASTABLE, C F.
PUBLIC FINANCE. London: Macmlllan and Co.,
1895.




BENNETT, Orval and LIPPINCOTT, Isaac
PUBLIC FINANCE. Cincinnati: Southwestern
Publishing Co., 1949. Pp. x, 728.
Review: by Ralph B. Tower, AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW, v.
41, March, 1951, pp. 225-26.




Elementary textbook

BROWLEE, 0. H. and ALLEN, Edward D.
ECONOMICS OF PUBLIC FINANCE. New York:
Prentice-Hall, 2nd ed., 1954.




Pp.

BROVNLEE, 0. H. and Edward D. Allen
ECONOMICS OF PUBLIC FINANCE. New York:
Prentice-Hall, 1954-. Pp. sif
2nd ed.




ALLEN, Edward D. and BBOVNLEE, 0. H.

ECONOMICS OF PUBLIC FINANCE.
Nev York: Prentice-Hall, 1947. Pp. xvi, 535.

Reveiw:
. „
by William Vickrey, AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW, v.
38, March, 1948, pp. 173-75.
public
(2 chs. on debt
Part iv: usual topics of public finance *
part v; intergovernmental fiscal relations

Written from point of view of
welfare economics•
chap. 1: role of govt. in the
economy;
2: development and present
dimensions of US tax, expen
diture, banking and debt;
structure
Part Hi
discussion of relation between
fiscal and monetary policy and
full employment, including chap,
on relation of monetary system
to f.e*; one on private institutional factors affecting f.e.
(technology, monopoly);
one on non-budgetary methods to
f.e. (banking policy, purchasing
policy, monetary policy); and a
4th chap, on use of deficits and
surpluses; 5th on practical problems of forecasting, timing and
operation of controls; siranary
chap* on f*e. as n vholc.
Part III: chsp. discussing basis
of decision of public vs. private
us»: of resources-; chap, on effects
of f*p. on income distribution
_




BUEHLER, Alfred G.
PUBLIC FINANCE. New Xork: McGraw-Hill, 1936.
Pp. xix, 632.
Review: by E. T. Miller, AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW,
XXXVII, March, 1937, pp. 190-192.




BUIEHLER, Alfred G.

ed.,

PUBLIC FINANCE. New $ o r k :
1 9 3 6 . Pp. x i x + 6 3 2 .
3d r e v i s e d e d . , 194-2.




McGraw-Hill, 1 s t

BUEHLER, Alfred G.
PUBLIC FINANCE. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc.,
2nd rev. ed., 1940. Pp. xx + 8A6.




COHN, Gustav
THE SCIENCE OF FINAHCE. Translated by Thorstein Veblen. Chicago: University of Chicago Press,
1895.




DALTON, Hugh
PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC FINANCE. New York:
Frederick A. Praeger, 4th ed., 1st American printing,
1955. Pp. xvi, 255.




DALTON, Hugh
PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC FINANCE.
London: Boutledge & Kegan Paul,
4th ed. r e v . , 1954-.




DANIELS, Winthrop M*
THE ELEMENTS OF PUBLIC FINANCE.
New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1899*




DANIELS, W. M.
Public Finance
1904 Pp 380.
Textbook




DUE, John F.
GOVERNMENT FINANCE. AN ECONOMIC ANALYSTS.
Homewood, I l l i n o i s : Richard D. Irwin, 195A. Pp. i x +
562.
Review:
by A. R. P r e s t , ECONOMIC JOURNAL, LXV, March, 1955,
pp. 119-120.
by Wm. R. Dunkman, JOURNAL OF FINANCE, X, March,1955;
pp. 1 0 1 - 2 t e x t b o o k ^ Fahl±c
finance




FAGAN, Elmer D. and MACY, C. Vard (edited and
annotated by)
PUBLIC FINANCE: SELECTED READINGS. New
York: Longnanfc, Green & Co., 1934-. Pp. xii + 960.




GROVES, Harold M.
FINANCING GOVERNMENT. Nev *ork: Henry Holt,
rev. 4 th ed., 1954. Pp. xviii, 618.
Reviev: by -William H. Anderson, JOURNAL OF FINANCE,
IX, Sept. 1954, pp. 332-33.




Groves H.M.
Trouble spots in taxation:
essays in the philosophy of
taxation & other public finance
problems. Princeton, Princeton
Univ Press 1948.
tax policy in a free society




HICKS, Ursula K.
PUBLIC FINANCE. Cambridge: University Pressj
i t - IVrk: Pit-nan Pub. Corp., 1947. Pp. 392.
Review:
by Lorie Tarshis, AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW, v.
39, March, 1949, pp. 545-546.




HICKS, U. K.
PUBLIC FIHAHCE.




London, N i s b e t , 1951 •
392 pp.

HUNTER, Berlin H. and ALLEN, Harry K.
PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC FINANCE, New York: Harper &
Bros., 1940. Pp. xx, 672.
Review: by Kenyon E. Poole, JOURNAL OF POLITICAL
ECONOMY, Vol. 50, Oct., 1942, pp. 798-9.




Hunter, Merlin H.
Outlines of Public Finance. New York:
Harper & Bros,. 1921




Hunter Merlin Harold
Outlines of Public Finance.
review: by Jacob Viner



HUNTER, Merlin Harold
OUTLINES OF PUBLIC FINANCE. New Xork:
Harper & Bros., 1921.




JENSEN, Jens P.
PROBLEMS OF PUBLIC FINANCE.
1924.
GOVERNMENT FINANCE. New York: Crowell, 1937.
Pp. xxxii, 595Review: by G. 0. Virtue, American Economic Review, v. 27,
Sept. 1937, pp. 602-04,




JENSEN, J . P.
GOVERNMENT FINANCE.
Crovell, 1937. Pp. 574.




New York:

JENSEN, Jens P.
PROBLEMS OF PUBLIC FINANCE* N O T York:
1924. Pp. xviii, 606.
GOVERMENT FINANCE. New York: Thomas Y.
Crowefel Co., 1937. Pp. xxxii, 595.
Review
by Richard W. Nelson, JOURNAL OF POLITICAL
ECONOMY, Vol. U5, D e c , 1937, pp. 848-50.
not a revision of 192A book, but wholly
new one



Jensen, Jens P.
Problems of Public Finance. New York:
Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1924




KENDEICK, M. Slade
PUBLIC FINANCE: PRINCIPLES AND PEOBLEMS.
Nev York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1950. Pp. x, 708.




KENDRICK, M. Slade
PUBLIC FINANCE: PRINCIPLES AND PROBLEMS. Boston:
Houghton.Mifflin Co., 1951. Pp. xii, 708.
Review: by Simeon E. Leland, AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW,
v. 42, March, 1952, pp. 186-89.
by Joseph E. Goodbar. JOURNAL OF FINANCE, VI,
Dec. 1951, PP. 4-53-54.
Introductory textbook

Leland says good on historical backgrounds for
discussion of important topics,
state and local taxation, pp. 92-126
federal taxation, pp. 127-63
history and prospects of state and muncipal debt, pp,
635-43history of the federal debt, pp. 659-63.
nsions: budget and budgetary process
Also weak on finance of wars; burden of
internal deb&




KING, Clyde L.
PUBLIC FINANCE. New York: Macmillan Co.,
1935. Pp. x, 602.
Review: by Ernest H. Hahne, JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY,
vol. UUy April, 1936, pp. 270-1.




KING,
PUBLIC FINANCE. Hew York: Macmillan Co,* 1935•
Pp. x +&6QSL.<
Rariev: by Ernest H. Hahne, JOUEHAL OF POLITICAL
, 1936,
it




LELAND, Simeon E.
Some recent English books on government finance:
a review, THE JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, Vol. 46,
no. 2, April, 1938, pp. 229-240.

Stamp, Sir Josiah: The Fundamental Principles of Taxation: In the Light of Modern Developments. London
and New York: Macmillan Co., rev. ed*, 1936. Pp. xiij|
+ 200.
Dalton, Hugh: PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC FINANCE. London:
Geo. Routledge & Sons, Ltd., 9th rev. ed., 1936.
Pp. xvi, 323.
SHIRRAS, G. Findlay: SCIENCE OF PUBLIC FINANCE. 2 vols.

New York and London; Macmillan Co., 3d ec. completely
revised and rewritten. Vol. I: pp# xliv, 520:
Vol. II, pp. xxii, 626.




LINDHOLM, Richard V.
PUBLIC FINANCE AND FISCAL POLICY. New York:
Pitman Pub. Corp., 1950. Pp. xxvii, 732.
Review: by Mabel Newcomer, AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW,
vol. 40, September, 1950, pp. 685-86.




textbook for undergraduate course in
public finance

LUTZ, Herley L.
PUBLIC FINANCE.
New lork: Appleton Century,
3rd ed., 1936. Pp. ssi, 8<4O. Review: by Tipton R.
Snavely, AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW, XXXVII, Mar.
1937, pp. 192-194.




LUTZ, Harley L*
PUBLIC FINANCE* New York:
1924* 681 pp.




LDTZ, Harley
PUBLIC HHINCE. ^Century S t u d i e s
Hew York: &* Appleteii^CeattJury Go*> Inc*
ed M " 1936.




Pp, x x i

[ARHO, DP. Viti De
FIRST PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC FINANCE.
from the I t a l i a n by Edith Pavlo Marget.
Harcourt, Brace, 1936. Pp. 435.




Translated
New York:

MEHTA, J . K. and AGARWALA, S . N.
PUBLIC FINANCE—THEORY AND PRACTICE.
K i t a b Mahal, 1949. P p . x x v i , 7 0 4 , i x .




Allahabad:

PLANK, E# H., with collaboration of J* V. Jackson
1953.

PUBLIC FINANCE. Homewood;
Pp- x i , 772.




Richard D* Irwin,

MARCO, Antonio De Viti de
FIRST PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC FINANCE, translated
by Edith Pavlo Marget. New York: Harcourt, Brace,
1936.




PLANK, E. H., with the collaboration of JACKSON, J.VPUBLIC FINANCE. Homewood, 111.:
Irwin, 1953, pp. x i , 772*

Richard D,

Review: hy Philip L. Gamble, AMERICAN ECONOMIC
REVIEW, vol. 44, June, 1954, pp. 45§~51.
Textbook on public finance: 4 major divixions:
(a) governmental functions and expenditure programs;
(b) taxation and other current income revenues; (c)
public borrowing and debt policy; (d) financial administration and stabilization policy.



PLEHN, C. C.
GOVERNMENT FINANCE IN THE UNITED STATES*
Chicago: McClurg, 1915. Pp. 166*
Review: by Henry B* Gairdner, AMERICAN 1E0N0MIC REVIEW,
Vi f June, 1916, pp. 4-22-24,




PLIHN, C. C.
INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC FINANCE. New York:
Macmillan.
1st ed., 1895
-4th ed., 1920
rev. 5th ed., 1926. Pp. xix, U51-







PtEH/O C . C

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S/a/rs. CU*1*;




A.C.

PLEHN, C. C.
GOVERNMENT FINANCE.
1915.




PLEHN, Carl C.



Robinson, M.E.
Public Finance




ROBINSON, M. E.
PUBLIC FINANCE. New York: Harcourt, Brace &
Co., 1922. 172 pp. (The Cambridge Economic Handbooks, J. M. Keynes, General Editor)




Robinson, M.E.
Public Finance




SELIGMAN, E. R. A.
STUDIES IN PUBLIC FINANCE. Nev York:
Macmillan, 1925.




SELIGMAN, Edwin R. A.
STUDIES IN PUBLIC FINANCE. Nev York:
The Macmillan Co., 1925.




SHIERAS, G.
SCIENCE OF PUBLIC FINANCE. Vols. I - I I .
Nev York: Macnillfla,
3d ed.* Gompletely revtsacLand r«vritteo, 1936.
Vol. I , pp. x U v + 520; Vol. I I , pp. 3adLi + 626




ROBINSON, M. E.
PUBLIC FINANCE.
L t d . , 1922.




London:

N i s b e t & Co.,

SHIRRAS, G. Rindlay
SCIENCE OF PUBLIC FINANCE, Vols. I-II.
London: Macmillan, 1936. Pp. xliv, 520j xxii,
521-1146.
Review: by Carl C. Plehn, AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW,
XXXVII, June, 194-7, pp. 401-06.




SHULTZ, William J. and HARRISS, C. Lowell
AMERICAN PUBLIC FINANCE. New York:
Prentice-Hall, 1954. Pp.

6th ed., 1954. Pp. xx + 689. Review: by
B. U. Ratchford, JOURNAL OF FINANCE, X, March,
1955, pp. 153-04.




SHULTZ, William J. and HAEEISS, C. L.
AMERICAN PUBLIC FINANCE.
New York: Prentice-Hall, 1st ed.,
3rd ed., 1942. Pp. xxiii, 87-4.
5th rev. ed., 1949. Pp. xx, 798 (partially
rewritten with added materials on fiscal theory
and policy)




JHULTZ, Villiam J .
AMERICAN PUBLIC FINANCE.




Bev XorkS

2d rev. e d . , 1938.

Prentice-Hall,

Pp. x x , 807.

SOMERS, H. M.
PUBLIC FINANCE AND NATIONAL INCOME.
delphia:
B l a k i s t o n Company, 1949 •




Rhila-

TAILOR, Philip E.
THE ECONOMICS OF PUBLIC FINANCE, "ev York:
Macmillen, rev. e d . , 1953. Pp. x x l i , 565.
Review:

by G. C Viegand, JOURNAL OF FINANCE, IX,
September, 1954, pp. 333-34-.




Viner, Jacob
Textbooks in Government Finance,
Journal of Political Economy




Viner, J.
Textbooks in Public Finance, Journal
of Political Economy




WITHERS, William
PUBLIC FINANCE* New York:
1943. Pp. I x , 439.
Review:

American Book Company,

by Roy G. Blakey, AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW,
v . 39, J u n e , 1949, ?p* 792-794.

Six parts: introduction,
public revenues, public expenditures, fiscal coordination,
public debt, economics
(incidence and effects) of public
finance•
Introduction - tax or financial
history of US over 150 years
Keynesian type of analysis