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PUBLIC POLICY
THOMAS IVAR RENSTRöM
Academic year2021/22
CourseMANAGEMENT FOR BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
Code547PP
Credits6
PeriodSemester 2
LanguageEnglish

ModulesAreaTypeHoursTeacher(s)
PUBLIC POLICYSECS-P/03LEZIONI42
THOMAS IVAR RENSTRöM unimap
LUCA SPATARO unimap
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Learning outcomes
Knowledge

The students will be provided with updated knowledge about the main issues concerning Public Economics 

Prerequisites

Microeconomics

Mathematics

Syllabus

First part

  1. Review of microeconomics
  2. First and second welfare theorem in an exchange economy
  3. First and second welfare theorem in a production economy
  4. Monopoly
  5. Tax incidence and tax shifting 
  6. Externalities

Second Part

  1. Optimal taxation: commodities, labour
  2. Public goods: optimal, voluntary
  3. Public choice: voting, political institutions
Bibliography

First part

Hindriks and Myles (2003): Intermediate public economics (several chapters)

Non-attending students info

written exam

Assessment methods

Written exam

Updated: 18/02/2022 16:10