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316-801 Public Sector Economics - Micro | |
Credit Points | 16.7 3rd year |
Coordinator | Alan Gunther |
Semester | 1 |
Contact | One 2-hour seminar per week |
Subject Description | This subject introduces students, who have little prior knowledge of economics, to the principal framework by which economists assess decision-making within the public sector and the techniques they use to assist in making these decisions. The subject covers cost determinants, pricing policies, business organisation structures, market structures and cost benefit analysis, competition policy and the role of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. These topics will be illustrated with examples from the public sector including pricing policies for services provided by the public sector, government decision-making on the environment, trade practices legislation and microeconomic reform including privatisation. |
Assessment | One 2-hour examination (60%) and two assignments totalling not more than 3,000 words (40%). |
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