Public Finance
P
ROF
.
F
RANCESCO
S
OBBRIO
COURSE AIMS
The course aims to introduce the students to the main concepts of public economics and public finance.
COURSE CONTENT
– Public expenditure: public goods and externalities.
– Public Expenditure: social insurance and income maintenance.
– Framework for tax analysis.
– Comparative Welfare systems.
READING LIST
– H.
R OSEN -T.
G AYER
, Public Finance, Tenth (Global) Edition , McGrwaw Hill-International
Edition, 2014.
* Preliminary list of contents from the book:
Chapters: 3,4,5,6,7, 9,11,12,14,15,16,18.
Appendix on page 173-174.
– Lecture notes and class materials posted online on Blackboard.
ASSESSMENT METHOD
There will be no midterm exam for this course.
NOTES
Students must sign up for office hours using the following link: http://doodle.com/27ahw2r5fvxnpwg9
Each student may sign up for up to two 15 minutes slots per week (total 30 minutes).
You can sign up only one week in advance. Please be nice to your fellow students: do not occupy slots that you are not sure to attend (and please cancel in due-time your slot if you change your mind ).
If you cannot make it to the normal office hours please send me an email
( francesco.sobbrio@unicatt.it
) to make an appointment.