Undergraduate - Public Economics
Appropriate for Which Degrees:
- Optional Finals Course for PPE, E&M, H&E
Introduction
Public Economics is a wide-ranging discipline, being concerned with most aspects of economic policy. This course covers both principles and applications. The objectives are to provide an understanding of:
- the welfare theoretic foundations of policy analysis, and the constraints on government action;
- the considerations that are involved in the design of specific taxes, and the implications for the relation between aggregate revenue and spending;
- the rationale for the major categories of public spending;
and to encourage:
- a critical appreciation of the strengths, weaknesses and consequences of the types of taxation and expenditure system which arise in practice, mainly but not exclusively in relation to the UK.
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