Calendar


LEC #	TOPICS	PROBLEM SETS	READING ASSIGNMENTS


1	Introduction to Public Economics and the US Public Sector		Chapters 1 and 2 in Rosen


2	Review of Microeconomic Underpinnings		Chapter 4


2, 3	Roles Of the Government I: Classic Externalities		Chapter 6


4-9	Roles Of the Government II: Public Goods


	Basic Theory, Optimality and Pricing	1 (PDF)	Chapter 4


	How Do We Determine the Level of Public Goods		Chapter 7


	Local Public Goods		Chapter 21


	Cost/Benefit Analysis	2 (PDF)	Chapter 12


	Public Provision of Private Public Goods: Education		Chapter 5


10-15	Roles of the Government III: Social Insurance


	Overview		Chapter 10


	Social Security	3 (PDF)	Chapter 10


	Disability Insurance


	Unemployment Insurance		Chapter 10


	Workers Compensation	4 (PDF)


	Health Insurance		Chapter 11


16, 17	Role of the Government IV: Redistribution and Welfare Policy		Chapters 8 and 9


18, 19	Financing the Government I: Theory		Chapters 13, 14 and 15


20-23	Financing the Government II: The Individual Income Tax	5 (PDF)


	Background		Chapter 16


	Taxation and Labor Supply		Chapter 17


	Taxation,Savings and Risk-Taking		Chapter 17


	The Tax Base		Chapters 16 and 20


24	Financing the Government II: The Corporate Income Tax		Chapter 18

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