Spring 2020 - ECON 392 D100

Public Economics: Role of Government (3)

Class Number: 1923

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2020: Tue, 8:30–10:20 a.m.
    Burnaby

  • Exam Times + Location:

    Apr 16, 2020
    Thu, 3:30–6:30 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • 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 include: welfare economics; Pareto efficiency; the First and Second Theorems of Welfare Economics; public goods; externalities; inequality; and behavioral public economics.

Term test 1 will be Tuesday February 11 and term test 2 will be Tuesday March 31.

Grading

  • Term test 1 25%
  • Term test 2 25%
  • Final exam 50%

Materials

RECOMMENDED READING:

Hendricks, J. and G. D. Myles, Intermediate Public Economics, 2nd Edition, MIT Press, 2013.

The lectures and the textbooks are not substitutes. They are complements.

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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