Public economics: theory and policy essays in honor of Amaresh Bagchi

Foreword Introduction
Amaresh Bagchi: His life and work
Sudipto Mundle
Budgetary Rules and Plan Financing: Revisiting the Fiscal Responsibility Act
Mihir Rakshit
The BBLR Approach to Tax Reform in Emerging Countries
Richard M Bird
GST Reforms and Interim Governmental Considerations in India
Satya Poddar and Ehtisham Ahmad
Normative Framework of Fiscal Federalism for Economies in Transition
M Govinda Rao
Global Public Goods: Provision, Production and Benefits
U Sankar
Effective Carbon Taxes and Public Policy Options
Ehtisham Ahmad and Nicholas Stern
Sustainable Economic Growth and Modelling for Resource and Income Accounting
Ramprasad Sengupta /
Do public funds increase days of Instruction in Primary Schools? A Study of 3 Districts in India
Arnab Mukherji and Anjan Mukherji
Neglected Topics in Public Economics Courses
Arindam Das-Gupta
Reminisces: A teacher remembers
Tapas Majumdar
My Friend Amaresh
Shankar Acharya
Index

This is a commemorative volume on Dr. Amaresh Bagchi, one of the greatest economic policy reformers of India, revered as the father of fiscal federalism in the country. The collection comprises original contributions by eminent scholars, who were also close friends and associates of Dr. Bagchi. Besides dealing with various important aspects of the subject of public economics and Dr. Bagchi's work—both theoretical and applied—they also add a personal touch to compilation. The reminiscences reveal Dr. Bagchi the man as well as Dr. Bagchi the scholar.

Dr. Bagchi worked extensively on tax reforms, establishing the concept of Value Added Tax. The essays in this volume critically analyze and discuss various issues related to tax system reform in the developing world and review the fiscal federalism literature from a developing and transitional country perspective.