Introduction to the scope of public sector economics;
Economic rationele of the modern state;
Fundamentals of welfare economics: market efficiency & market failure
Fundamentals of welfare economics: efficiency &equity
Public expenditure theory: public goods, public choice, externalities
Public expenditure theory: theoretical & empirical analysis of public expenditure growth; - budgets, bureaucrats & efficiency.
Expenditure programs: project appraisal; - CBA;
Expenditure programs: - health care; - social insurance.
Taxation theory: - introduction to taxation; - tax incidence; - taxation & economic efficiency.
Taxation theory: partial equilibrium analysis: - taxes on single industries; - modelling the economic effects of tax policy.
Taxation theory: general equilibrium analysis of taxation; - optimal taxation.
Public sector problems: government & competitivenes
(http://www3.weforum.org/docs/gcr/2015-2016/Global_Competitiveness_Report_2015-2016.pdf)
Public sector problems: economic consequences of deseases
(http://www.who.int/choice/publications/d_economic_impact_guide.pdf)
Public sector problems: economic implications of socio-economic inequalities in health;
(http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_determinants/socio_economics/documents/socioeco_inequalities_en.pdf)
Oxford debate
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