@techreport{NBERw0151,
 title = "Some Lessons from the New Public Finance",
 author = "Joseph E. Stiglitz and Michael J. Boskin",
 institution = "National Bureau of Economic Research",
 type = "Working Paper",
 series = "Working Paper Series",
 number = "151",
 year = "1976",
 month = "October",
 URL = "http://www.nber.org/papers/w0151",
 abstract = {In the last few years, there has developed a large literature, sometimes referred to as the new "public finance," providing a quantitative analysis of a number of traditional problems within the field.  This paper is concerned with surveying, or interpreting, what can be learned from this literature; and our belief is that it has taught us a great deal.  We concern ourselves here not so much with the derivation of precise formulae, e.g. for optimal tax rates, but with the more general lessons which have emerged.},
}