PUBLIC FINANCE
| A.A. | CFU |
|---|---|
| 2007/2008 | 10 |
| Docente | Ricevimento studenti | |
|---|---|---|
| Paolo Liberati |
Assegnato al Corso di Studio
| Giorno | Orario | Aula |
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Obiettivi Formativi
The course analyses the effects of public intervention in various fields: a) taxation; b) public expenditures; c) regulation; d) direct production. The aim of the course is to provide students with a good level of theoretical and practical knowledge of the activity of the public sector in market economies.
Programma
1. Public Finance and welfare economics.
2. Market failures: monopoly, natural monopoly, externalities, public goods, asymmetric information. Merit goods.
3. Classification of taxes; tax base and tax rate structure; methods of progressivity; benefit principle and sacrifice principles; the excess burden of taxation; optimal taxation; the effects of taxation on consumption, savings and labour supply; tax shifting in perfect competition and in monopoly.
4. Theory of public expenditures and public debt.
5. Direct public production and regulation; natural monopoly in public utilities.
6. Theory and practice of fiscal federalism.
Modalità Didattiche, Obblighi, Testi di Studio e Modalità di Accertamento
- Modalità didattiche
The course will consist of lectures and class discussions. Seminars in English upon request.
- Testi di studio
A collection of articles and parts of books in English (to be announced) including parts of the following texts:
a) Stiglitz J.E., Economics of the public sector, 3rd edition, W.W. Norton
and Company, 2000;
Alternatively:
b) Cullis J.G., Jones P.R., Public Finance and Public Choice, 3rd edition,
Oxford University Press, 2002.
Yet other textbooks may be agreed upon with the course instructor.
- Modalità di
accertamento Oral exams (either in Italian or in English).
- Disabilità e DSA
Le studentesse e gli studenti che hanno registrato la certificazione di disabilità o la certificazione di DSA presso l'Ufficio Inclusione e diritto allo studio, possono chiedere di utilizzare le mappe concettuali (per parole chiave) durante la prova di esame.
A tal fine, è necessario inviare le mappe, due settimane prima dell’appello di esame, alla o al docente del corso, che ne verificherà la coerenza con le indicazioni delle linee guida di ateneo e potrà chiederne la modifica.
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