404020 VO Economics and the Public Sector
summer semester 2026 | Last update: 03.02.2026 | Place course on memo listThe course provides an introduction to Public Economics. Upon completition of the course, the students will be able to answer the following questions: When should the government intervene in the economy? Which instruments does the government use for intervention? How does government intervention affect the decisions of market participants and market outcomes?
Reasons for government intervention: market failure; Reasons for government intervention: redistribution; Government intervention: taxation
Lecture and accompanying tutorial sessions (proseminars). The lecture presents fundamental concepts of Public Economics which, in the proseminars, are applied to specific analytical problems and discussion questions.
Written exam
Gruber, Jonathan, Public Finance and Public Policy, 7th ed., New York: Worth Publishers, Macmillan Learning, 2022. Available as eBook via ULB.
Admission requirements: positive completion of the mandatory courses "Introduction to Management"referred to in § 5 (1-1) and "Introduction to Economics" referred to in § 5 (1-2)
It is advantageous to have completed the module “Theory of Economic Decisions: Decisions and Strategies”.
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Thu 2026-03-05
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15.00 - 16.30 | Aula (Sowi) Aula (Sowi) | Barrier-free | |
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Thu 2026-03-12
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15.00 - 16.30 | Aula (Sowi) Aula (Sowi) | Barrier-free | |
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Thu 2026-03-19
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15.00 - 16.30 | Aula (Sowi) Aula (Sowi) | Barrier-free | |
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Thu 2026-03-26
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15.00 - 16.30 | Aula (Sowi) Aula (Sowi) | Barrier-free | |
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Thu 2026-04-16
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15.00 - 16.30 | Aula (Sowi) Aula (Sowi) | Barrier-free | |
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Thu 2026-04-23
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15.00 - 16.30 | Aula (Sowi) Aula (Sowi) | Barrier-free | |
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Thu 2026-04-30
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15.00 - 16.30 | Aula (Sowi) Aula (Sowi) | Barrier-free | |
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Thu 2026-05-07
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15.00 - 16.30 | Aula (Sowi) Aula (Sowi) | Barrier-free | |
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Thu 2026-05-21
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15.00 - 16.30 | Aula (Sowi) Aula (Sowi) | Barrier-free | |
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Thu 2026-05-28
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15.00 - 16.30 | Aula (Sowi) Aula (Sowi) | Barrier-free | |
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Thu 2026-06-11
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15.00 - 16.30 | Aula (Sowi) Aula (Sowi) | Barrier-free | |
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Thu 2026-06-18
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15.00 - 16.30 | Aula (Sowi) Aula (Sowi) | Barrier-free | |
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Thu 2026-06-25
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15.00 - 16.30 | Aula (Sowi) Aula (Sowi) | Barrier-free | |
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404020-0
404020-0 |
2026-02-01 08:00 - 2026-03-04 12:00 | |
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Note: Die Anmeldefrist für die Sowi Punkteanmeldung gilt für die Wirtschafts-Studierenden der SKZ BA Internationale Wirtschaftswissenschaften (International Business and Economics) (BA IWW) UC 033 545, BA Wirtschaftswissenschaften - Management and Economics UC 033 571, Diplom Internationale Wirtschaftswissenschaften (D IWW) UC 155 (auslaufend), MA Wipäd UC 066 970; für Studierende, die SoWi-Module für das BA Wirtschaftsrecht C 033 500 und das BA Sportmanagement C 033 626 benötigen. |
Petutschnig F., Sendlhofer R. |