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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Economics and Commerce : Economics

316-305 Public Finance

Coordinator:

Assoc. Professor N Norman

Prerequisite/s:

316-201 Intermediate Macroeconomics and 316-202 Intermediate Microeconomics.

Timetable:

Semester 1

Contact:

Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial a week

Objectives:

On completion of this subject students should be able to:

  • extend their knowledge of public finance via the independent study of books and articles dealing with theory and policy in this area and by taking advanced subjects dealing with these matters;

  • judge the usefulness and the limitations of existing theory in the area of public finance;

  • critically evaluate contemporary policy debates in the public finance with reference to public finance theory.

Content:

The economics of government budgets and budgetary policy; public finance in relation to income distribution, stability, resource allocation and growth; government revenue and the theory of taxation; taxation reform; the national debt; government expenditure; problems of federal finance.

Assessment:

A 2-hour examination (80%) and class assignments totalling approximately 2000 words (20%).

Prescribed Texts:

  • Cullis J and Jones P, Public Finance and Public Choice, 1992 McGraw-Hill.
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