Summer 2019 - ECON 392 D100
Public Economics: Role of Government (3)
Class Number: 3066
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
May 6 – Aug 2, 2019: Fri, 12:30–2:20 p.m.
Burnaby -
Exam Times + Location:
Aug 8, 2019
Thu, 3:30–6:30 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Gordon Myers
gmmyers@sfu.ca
1 778 782-9383
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Prerequisites:
ECON 201 or 301; 60 units.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
The study of the normative rationale for government in a market economy through an analysis of distributional issues, public goods, externalities, non-competitive market structures, and asymmetric information. Quantitative.
COURSE DETAILS:
This course studies the economic role of government from a normative perspective. Important topics will include: Pareto efficiency; the First and Second Theorems of Welfare Economics; welfare economics; public goods; externalities; voting; inequality; and behavioral public economics.
Grading
- Term test 1 (Friday June 14) 25%
- Term test 2 (Friday July 26) 25%
- Final exam 50%
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
None.
RECOMMENDED READING:
Bruce, N., Public Finance and the American Economy, 2nd edition, Addison-Wesley, 2001.
Hendricks, J. and G. D. Myles, Intermediate Public Economics, 2nd Edition, MIT Press, 2013.
The lectures and the textbooks are not substitutes for each other. They are complements. There will be Canadian material inserted into the lectures.
Department Undergraduate Notes:
***NO TUTORIALS DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF CLASSES***
Students requiring accommodations as a result of a disability must contact the Centre for Accessible Learning (CAL) at 778-782-3112 or caladmin@sfu.ca.
Registrar Notes:
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