Course: Public Economics I ECN4121 L, Amagoh Francis

Topic outline

General
Week 1
- The Public Sector as an Economic Agent
- Week 1: Gruber, Chapters 1 and 2 File
- Week 1: Stiglitz and Rosengard, Chapter 1 File
- Week 1: Ihori, Chapter 1 File
- Syllabus File
- Types of Economic Systems File
Week 2
- Measuring public sector size; Welfare economics and the role of the public sector
- Week 2: Gruber, Chapter 3 File
- Week 2: Stiglitz and Rosengard, Chapter 2 File
- Week 2: Ihori, Chapter 2 File
- Types of Economic Systems File
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
- Market efficiency; Cost-benefits analysis; Public goods
- Week 6: Gruber, Chapter 11 File
- Week 6: Ihori, Chapters 11 and 12 File
- Market efficiency File
Week 7
- Taxation: Tax incidence; Economic efficiency
- Week 7: Gruber, Chapter 18 File
- Week 7: Stiglitz and Rosengard, Chapters 5 and 6 File
- Market Failure File
Week 8
- Midterm Exam Forum
Week 9
- Week 9: Midterm Break Forum
Week 10
- Taxation of capital; Personal income tax; corporate income tax
- Week 10: Gruber, Chapters 21 and 22 File
- Week 10: Stiglitz and Rosengard, Chapters 7 and 8 File
- Efficiency and Equity File
Week 11
- Taxation of capital; Personal income tax; Corporate income tax, cont.
- Public Goods and Publicly Provided Private Goods File
Week 12
- Taxation of capital; Personal income tax; Corporate income tax, cont.
- Public Choice File
Week 13
- Capital budgeting; Public choice
- Week 13: Stiglitz and Rosengard, Chapter 9 File
- Public Production of Goods and Services File
Week 14
- Capital budgeting; Public choice cont.
- Externalities and the Environment File
Week 15
- Presentations
Week 16
- Review and Final Assessment