Academic year2016/17
CourseECONOMICS
Code255PP
Credits9
PeriodSemester 2
LanguageEnglish
| Modules | Area | Type | Hours | Teacher(s) |
| PUBLIC ECONOMICS | SECS-P/03 | LEZIONI | 63 | |
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Knowledge
The student who successfully completes the course will have the ability to demonstrate advanced knowledge of analytical methods and topics and willin Public economics and to understand the practical problems of Public economics.
Assessment criteria of knowledge
In the written exam , the student must demonstrate his/her knowledge of the course material and to organise an effective and correctly written reply.
Methods:
Teaching methods
Delivery: face to face
Learning activities:
- attending lectures
- individual study
Attendance: Advised
Teaching methods:
Syllabus
Lecture topics
Efficiency, equity, social welfare. Market failure. Effects of taxation. Optimal taxation.Redistribution and low income support. The consumption tax.Environmental taxation.International issues in taxation.Macroeconomic issues.Cost benefit analysis.
Tax compliance
Bibliography
Textbooks:
J.G. Cullis and P.R. Jones, Public finance and public choice, Oxford University Press.
H.R. Varian, Microeconomic Analysis, ch. 5, 7, 8.
B. Salanié, The economics of taxation, MIT Press.
A.B. Atkinson and J.E. Stiglitz, Lectures on Public Economics, McGraw-Hill.
Further references will be provided during the lectures.
Updated: 14/11/2016 17:27
