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| Semester | Frühjahrsemester 2014 |
| Angebotsmuster | Jedes Frühjahrsem. |
| Dozierende |
Beat Hintermann (b.hintermann@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn)
Florian Kuhlmey (florian.kuhlmey@unibas.ch) |
| Inhalt | Content: Public finance, public economics or public sector economics are interchangeable terms to describe the subfield of economics that analyzes the role of government in a market economy. Government intervention is generally justified by market failure due to five broadly defined reasons: Externalities, nonexclusive public goods, decreasing cost production, asymmetric information and distributional concerns. The course focuses on normative public economic theory, relying on select applications to provide intuition. In the first part we develop the main results from expenditure theory using a general equilibrium model, similar to the one presented in the BA-course, but with more mathematical rigor. The second part focuses on optimal taxation and the interaction between distorting taxes and corrective measures such as Pigovian taxes. The third part covers issues related to fiscal federalism, such as local provision of public goods with inter-jurisdictional spillovers, and tax competition. There is one regular lesson per week. In addition, there will be four assistant-taught discussion sections throughout the semester. |
| Lernziele | Course objective: The aim of the course is to provide an understanding of the strengths and limits of competitive markets, the possibilities of government policy to correct for the most important market failures, and the main advantages and problems related to a fiscal government structure. Students become acquainted with a series of modeling approaches suited for different contexts, which will be especially useful for those considering a career in research. |
| Literatur | Literature: Main textbook: Tresch Richard: "Public finance : a normative theory", 2nd ed., 2002. Additional sources: Kaplow, Louis: "The theory of taxation and public economics", 2008; Auerbach, J. and Feldstein, M. (eds), "Handbook of public economics", Vols. 1-4 (available online), and select journal articles. |
| Weblink | Weblink |
| Teilnahmebedingungen | Prerequisites: completed Bachelor in Business and Economics, Completion of a bachelor-lecture in the area of public finance. |
| Anmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung | Registration: Please enrol in MOnA. EUCOR-Students and Exchange-Students have to enrol at the students administration office (studsek@unibas.ch) within the official enrolment period. Enrolment = Registration for the exam! |
| Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | kein spezifischer Einsatz |
| HörerInnen willkommen |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
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| Module |
Modul Kernbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften für Fortgeschrittene (Master Sustainable Development) Vertiefungsmodul Markets and Public Policy (Master Wirtschaftswissenschaften) |
| Leistungsüberprüfung | Semesterendprüfung |
| Hinweise zur Leistungsüberprüfung | Written exam and two graded homework assignments, each counting for 15% of the final grade. Written Exam: 06.06.2014; 10:00-12:00. WWZ S15: A-Z. You can still withdraw from the examination by submitting a completed, signed form to our office from 18.03.14 until 28.03.14 / 12:00 o’clock. Withdrawals sent by email will not be accepted. You will find the examination withdrawal form on the Homepage of the Student Dean’s Office. Prior to 17.03.14, please only use MONA for withdrawing. The exam rooms will be published up to 23.05.14. |
| An-/Abmeldung zur Leistungsüberprüfung | Anmeldung: Belegen |
| Wiederholungsprüfung | keine Wiederholungsprüfung |
| Skala | 1-6 0,1 |
| Wiederholtes Belegen | beliebig wiederholbar |
| Zuständige Fakultät | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät / WWZ, studiendekanat-wwz@unibas.ch |
| Anbietende Organisationseinheit | Abteilung Wirtschaft und Politik |