Course: Public Finance PAF3531 L, Amagoh Francis

Topic outline

General
Week 1
- The Public Sector as an Economic Agent (Stiglitz Chapter 1)
- Types of Economic Systems File
Week 2
- Measuring public sector size; Welfare economics and the role of the public sector
- Week 2, Gruber Chapter 2 File
- Week 2, Stiglitz and Rosengard, Chapter 2 File
- Types of Economic Systems File
Week 3
- Market efficiency
- Week 3: Gruber, Chapt. 4 File
- Week 3, Stiglitz and Rosengard, Chapter 3 File
Week 4
- Market Efficiency, cont.
- Week 4, Gruber, Chapter 4 File
- Week 4, Stiglitz and Rosengard, Chapter 3 File
Week 5
- Market Efficiency
- Week 5, Gruber Chapter 6 File
- Week 5, Stiglitz and Rosengard Chapter 4 File
Week 6
- Market Failure Forum
Topic 7
- Market Failure Forum
Topic 8
- Market Failure Forum
Topic 9
- Market Failure
Topic 10
- Efficiency and Equity
- Week 10: Stiglitz and Rosengard, Chapters 7 and 8 File
Week 11
- Efficiency and Equity
Week 12
- Public Production of Goods and Services
Week 13
- Public Production of Goods and Services
- Week 13: Stiglitz and Rosengard, Chapter 9 File
Week 14
- Public choice
Topic 15
- Presentations Forum
Topic 16
- Final Assessment Forum