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Enseignants
Langue
d'enseignement
d'enseignement
Anglais
Thèmes abordés
Part 1 Political economy and public sector
1. Voting
2. Rent seeking and lobbying
Part 2 Equity and Redistribution
3. Inequality and poverty
Part 3 Taxation
4. Commodity taxation
5. Income taxation
Part 4 Multiple jurisdictions
6. Fiscal federalism
7. tax competition
Part 5 Issue of time
8. Intertemporal efficiency
9. Social security and pension crisis
Acquis
d'apprentissage
d'apprentissage
A la fin de cette unité d’enseignement, l’étudiant est capable de : | |
1 | This course is essentially an evaluation of the role of the public sector in a market economy. The course will use the most recent economic analysis to (re)consider the efficiency and distributive ef-fects of government intervention. The optimal design of government intervention both in terms of public expenditures and tax collection is also studied. The main objective of the course is to strike a balance between political and market failures in determining the form and the extent of government intervention. Students taking this course will acquire: 1 An understanding of the design of public spending and tax collection; 2 An understanding of the tradeoff between equity and efficiency 3 The skill to apply economic analysis to the public sector |
Bibliographie
Public economics:
Hindriks and Myles " Intermediate Public Economics (2nd edition) " MIT Press 2013
Hashimzade, Hindriks, and Myles "Solutions manual to Accompany Intermediate Public Economics (2nd edition)" MIT press 2013.
Political economy:
Bueno de Mesquita, Political Economy for Public Policy, Princeton University Press 2016
General interest:
Banerjee and Duflo, “Good Economics for Hard Times” Public affairs, November 2019.
Hindriks and Myles " Intermediate Public Economics (2nd edition) " MIT Press 2013
Hashimzade, Hindriks, and Myles "Solutions manual to Accompany Intermediate Public Economics (2nd edition)" MIT press 2013.
Political economy:
Bueno de Mesquita, Political Economy for Public Policy, Princeton University Press 2016
General interest:
Banerjee and Duflo, “Good Economics for Hard Times” Public affairs, November 2019.
Support de cours
- J.G. Hindriks & G.D. Myles, 2013, Intermediate Public Economics (2nd edition), The MIT Press
Faculté ou entité
en charge
en charge
Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)
Intitulé du programme
Sigle
Crédits
Prérequis
Acquis
d'apprentissage
d'apprentissage
Master [120] en sciences économiques, orientation économétrie
Master [60] en sciences économiques, orientation générale
Master [120] en sciences économiques, orientation générale
Master [120] en sciences agronomiques et industries du vivant