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14.41 | Fall 2010 | Undergraduate

# Public Finance and Public Policy

All reading assignments are from the course textbook:

Gruber, Jonathan. Public Finance and Public Policy. 3rd ed. Worth Publishers, 2009. ISBN: 9781429219495.

LEC # | 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’ 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 |

## Course Info

##### Instructor

- Prof. Jonathan Gruber

##### Departments

- Economics

##### As Taught In

Fall 2010

##### Level

Undergraduate

##### Topics

- Social Science
  - Economics
    - Microeconomics
    - Political Economy
  - Public Administration
    - Public Policy
    - Social Welfare

##### Learning Resource Types

grading Exams with Solutions
assignment Problem Sets
Problem Set Solutions

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