Advanced public economics - Part I
Lesson 1 – Introduction: taxation and inequality
Bibliography
Cullis, J. and P.Jones, (2009), chapter 1.
Piketty, Thomas and Emmanuel Saez, (2003). Income Inequality in the United States, 1913-1998,
Quarterly Journal of Economics, 118(1), pp. 1-39
Lesson 2 – Excess burden of taxation
Bibliography
Cullis, J. and P.Jones, (2009), chapter 7.
Lesson 3 – Tax incidence
Bibliography
Cullis, J. and P.Jones, (2009), chapter 7.
Lesson 4 – Optimal commodity taxation
Bibliography
Cullis, J. and P.Jones, (2009), chapter 15
Myles, G. Public Economics, chapter 4,
J.Gruber, (2010). Public Finance and Public Policy, Palgrave Macmillan, 3rd edition (2nd would
also be good). Ch.20
Bibliography
Cullis, J. and P.Jones, (2009), chapter 15
Myles, G. Public Economics, chapter 4, or
J.Gruber, (2010). Public Finance and Public Policy, Palgrave Macmillan, 3rd edition (2nd would
also be good). Ch.20
Students’ presentation of one of the following papers:
1. Sorensen, P.B. (2009). The theory of optimal taxation: new developments and policy relevance,
paper presented at SIEP, Pavia, September 2009.*
2. Sorensen P.B. (2007). The theory of optimal taxation: what is the policy relevance? CESifo
Economic studies, 53, pp.172-228.*
3. Hausman, J. (2000). Efficiency Effects on the U.S. Economy from Wireless Taxation. National
Tax Journal, vol 53(3), pp. 733-742.
4. Eissa, N. and Hoynes, H. (2004). The hours of work response of married couples. Available at
http://www9.georgetown.edu/faculty/noe/CESifo_EissaHoynes.pdf
5. Gordon R.J. Issues in the Comparison of Welfare between Europe and the United States.
Available at: http://faculty-web.at.northwestern.edu/economics/gordon/BRU_071125.pdf
6. Rogerson, Richard (2006). Understanding Differences in Hours Worked. Review of Economic
Dynamics, 9(3), 365–409.
* indicates more difficult papers