
{
  "title":"Readings",
  "content":"All reading assignments are from the course textbook:\nGruber, Jonathan. Public Finance and Public Policy. 3rd ed. Worth Publishers, 2009. ISBN: 9781429219495.\nLEC # TOPICS READINGS 1 Why study public finance? Chapter 1 2 Externalities in theory and practice Chapters 5, and 6 Public goods in theory and practice 3 Basic theory, optimality and pricing Chapter 7 4 Cost/benefit analysis Chapter 8 5 Political economy Chapter 9 6 Local public goods and fiscal federalism Chapter 10 7 Public provision of private goods: education Chapter 11 Midterm exam Social insurance and redistribution 8 Overview Chapter 12 9 Social security Chapter 13 10 Unemployment insurance, disability insurance and workers\u0026rsquo; compensation Chapter 14 11 Health insurance Chapters 15, and 16 12 Redistribution and welfare policy Chapter 17 13 The institutions and theory of taxation Chapters 18-20 Taxation and individual behavior 14 Taxation and labor supply Chapter 21 15 Taxation and savings Chapter 22 16 Taxation, risk taking and wealth Chapter 23 17 Corporate taxation Chapter 24 18 Tax reform Chapter 25 Final exam "}


