Finances publiques
- Teacher(s): P.St-Amour
- English title: Public Finance
- Course given in: French
- ECTS Credits: 6 credits
- Schedule: Autumn Semester 2021-2022, 4.0h. course (weekly average)
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Bachelor (BSc) in Economic Sciences
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ObjectivesPublic Finance is taught in French and is offered primarily to 3rd year students in the Bachelor in Economics, as well as in Management. Other students (e.g. Mobility, Erasmus, qualifying year MSc, other faculties) are also admissible with professor's consent. It focuses on the supply and financing of goods and services by the state in market economies. We study the relevance, as well as the optimal response of agents to these interventions. Students registered in Public Finance should have a solid background in Microeconomic Theory, and Mathematics for Economists, including optimisation, preference representation, partial and general equilibrium analysis. Contents1. Introduction (Leach, 2004, ch. 1, 2-5; Rosen, 2005, ch. 1-3; Atkinson and Stiglitz, 1980, ch. 1, 11)
2. Positive and normative analysis
3. Perfect public goods (Leach, 2004, ch. 10-13; Rosen, 2005, ch. 4, 5; Atkinson and Stiglitz, 1980, ch. 16)
4. Imperfect public goods (Leach, 2004, ch. 10-13; Rosen, 2005, ch. 4, 5; Atkinson and Stiglitz, 1980, ch. 16)
5. Externalities (Leach, 2004, ch. 6-9; Rosen, 2005, ch. 5; Atkinson and Stiglitz, 1980, ch. 11, 14, 16; Deiss et Gugler, ch. 4.1, 5)
6. Income redistribution (Leach, 2004, ch. 23-25; Rosen, 2005, ch. 7, 8; Atkinson and Stiglitz, 1980, ch. 9; Deiss et Gugler, ch. 10)
7. Social insurance* (Leach, 2004, ch. 22; Rosen, 2005, ch. 10; Deiss et Gugler, ch. 10)
8. Fiscal theory (Leach, 2004, ch. 16-18, 24; Rosen, 2005, ch. 12-16; Atkinson and Stiglitz, 1980, ch. 2-9; Deiss et Gugler, ch. 6, 15)
9. Political economy (Leach, 2004, ch. 26; Rosen, 2005, ch. 6, 20; Atkinson and Stiglitz, 1980, ch. 10, 17; Deiss et Gugler, ch. 2.3)
10. Fiscal federalism* (Rosen, 2005, ch. 20)
*: If time permits References
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