Topic outline
Week 1
The Public Sector as an Economic Agent
Week 2
Measuring public sector size; Welfare economics and the role of the public sector
Week 4
Market efficiency Cont.
Week 6
Market efficiency; Cost-benefits analysis; Public goods
Week 7
Taxation: Tax incidence; Economic efficiency
Week 10
Taxation of capital; Personal income tax; corporate income tax
Week 11
Taxation of capital; Personal income tax; Corporate income tax, cont.
Week 12
Taxation of capital; Personal income tax; Corporate income tax, cont.
Week 13
Capital budgeting; Public choice
Week 14
Capital budgeting; Public choice cont.
Week 15
Presentations
Week 16
Review and Final Assessment