Topic outline
Week 1
The Public Sector as an Economic Agent (Stiglitz Chapter 1)
Week 2
Measuring public sector size; Welfare economics and the role of the public sector
Week 3
Market efficiency
Week 4
Market Efficiency, cont.
Week 5
Market Efficiency
Topic 10
Efficiency and Equity
Week 11
Efficiency and Equity
Week 12
Public Production of Goods and Services
Week 13
Public Production of Goods and Services
Week 14
Public choice