EC367 Public Economics
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Block I Material
Block I Material
- Week 1:
- Introduction to Public Finance
- Review of Microeconomic Theory
- Problem Set 1
- Week 2:
- Efficiency and Social Welfare. Social Welfare Functions
- Externalities. Introduction
- Problem Set 2
- Week 3:
- Private sector solutions to externalities: Coase Theorem
- Public sector solutions to externalities. Pollution abatement model
- Problem Set 3
- Week 4
- Public Goods
- Problem Set 4
- Week 5
Block II Material
Block II Material
- Week 6
- Lindahl Pricing
- Week 7
- Majority Voting
- Median Voter Theorem
- Problem Set 5
- Week 8
- Public Choice Theory
- Federalism: Tiebout Model
- Problem Set 6
- Week 9:
- Optimal Fiscal Federalism
- Problem Set 7
- Week 10
- Education
- Key Concepts Midterm II
- Week 11:
- Happy Thanksgiving!
Block III Material
Block III Material
- Week 12:
- Social Insurance
- Problem Set 8
- Week 13:
- Adverse selection in Insurance Markets
- Social insurance vs self insurance
- Week 14:
- Moral Hazard in Insurance Markets
- Tax Incidence
- Problem Set 9
- Week 15:
- Tax Efficiency
- Key Concepts Final
- Problem Set 9 Solutions