Advanced Public Economics
Lecture and tutorial times
Lecture: Tuesday, 16:00 - 17:30
Tutorial: Thursday, 8:30 - 10:00
Exam (1st and 2nd examination date)
Supporting aid (Hilfsmittel): calculator (non-programmable)
Exam inspection: Students are asked to make use of the examination office’s central exam inspection.
Course Syllabus
Lecture Slides
| Part I - Introduction | Part I |
| Part II - Public goods | Part II |
| Part III - External effects | Part III |
| Part IV - Commodity taxation | Part IV slide28 (Consumer Theory) |
| Part V - Income taxation | Part V |
| Part VI - Income taxation-extensions | Part VI |
| Part VII - Income taxation III | Part VII |
| Lecture 27.01.2015 | Mock Exam |
References
For more details on the basic concepts of public economics, see the following references:
| Issue | Textbook | Chapter / pages |
| Pareto-criterion | Tresh (2002) | 37-45 |
| Gravelle and Rees (2004) | 279-288 | |
| 'First best' and 'Second best' analysis | Gravelle and Rees (2004) | 335-339 |
| General vs. partial equilibrium theory | Mas-Colell et al. (1995) | 538-540 |
| Theorems of welfare economics | Gravelle and Rees (2004) | 293-299 |
| Private provision of public goods | Myles (1995) | 279-290 |
| Lindahl | Gravelle and Rees (2004) | 329-334 |
| Roy’s identity and the Slutsky equation | Gravelle and Rees (2004) | Chapter 3 |
Problem Sets