PUBLIC ECONOMICS in Fall 2023 (EC3076)

Home>Academic Catalog 2023-2024>Course Catalog>

Provides the economic rationale for public intervention in markets (public goods, externalities, and distribution), and presents public expenditure issues, such as anti-poverty programs, health care, social security, and revenues, e.g., personal and corporate income taxes, as well as the political economics of public finance.

Course Master: 
PUBLIC ECONOMICS (EC3076)
Term: 
Fall 2023
Discipline: 
EC (Economics)
Credits: 
4 credits
Type: 
Regular
Level: 
Undergraduate
Can be taken twice for credit?: 
No
Exam Date: 
Tuesday, December 19, 2023 - 12:30
Pre-requisites: 
(EC2010 OR EC2010GE110) AND (EC2020 OR EC2020GE110)
Co-requisites: 
None

Professor(s)

Learning Outcomes

  1. Assess and understand the role of government in areas such as health care, social security, poverty alleviation, and income redistribution, social justice and inclusion,
  2. Master mathematical and algebraic applications used to demonstrate utility maximization, individual and government preferences, budget constraint, indifference curves and social efficiency and welfare
  3. Study the concept of externalities when making economic, social and political choices,
  4. Understand areas of research in public economics, political agency, public goods, the commons, fiscal federalism and fiscal responsibility
  5. Understand how the government raises revenues through taxation to finance public expenditures and how different forms of taxation affect individual decision-making.
  6. Understand how the government responds to externalities and welfare imperative through taxation and public policy,
  7. Understand the nature of public goods and how they should be provided to all citizens,

Syllabus

Please log in to view this course syllabi.

Book List

TitleAuthorPublisherISBN Number
Public Finance and Public Policy
Jonathan Gruber
Worth Publishers
9781319254742

Schedule

Start Date: 
Monday, September 4, 2023
End Date: 
Tuesday, December 19, 2023
DayStart TimeEnd TimeRoom
Tuesday
12:10
13:30
G-113
Friday
12:10
13:30
G-113