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| ECON0196-2 | Public Economics
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| Duration : | 30h Th, 15h Pr |
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| Lecturer : | Alain Jousten |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| English language |
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Course contents :
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| A number of topics in public economics will be covered, relating both to public expenditures and income. The approach is both normative and positive. We study direct and indirect taxation: incidence, incentives and optimal taxation. We also include social choice aspects, optimal social insurance systems, as well as the design and effects of real-world retirement income systems in the face of rational agents. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Present the main reasons why the government intervenes in market economics, what are the limits of these interventions and how private agents react to such interventions. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Intermediate Microeconomics
Introductory Public Finance (Aspects économiques des finances publiques) |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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- exercise sessions
- compulsory readings
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| second semester |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Reference texts
- Economics of the public sector, Stiglitz (2000), Norton
- Additional notes/readings distributed in class
Additional readings (not compulsory)
- Intermediate public economics, Hindriks and Miles, (2006), MIT Press |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| written exam |
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Contacts :
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| Professor
A.Jousten, Bât. B31
Tel : +32 4 366 31 98
E-Mail : ajousten@ulg.ac.be
Assistant
Claire Maréchal, Bât. B31
Tel : +32 4 366 31 07
Email: claire.marechal@ulg.ac.be |
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