404026 Public Economics

winter semester 2016/2017 | Last update: 07.05.2018 Place course on memo list
404026
Public Economics
PS 1
2,5
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”.
Block
each semester
German

Introduction to public economics - At the end of the course students should be able to answer the following questions: Why do we need a public sector from an economic point of view? Which instruments does the state use for intervention in the private sector? How do public revenues (taxes) and public expenditures change the behavior in the private sector (savings, consumption structure, labour supply) ?

Welfare economics, public goods, externalities, political economy, income redistribution, tax incidence, taxation and efficiency, optimal taxation

Home work, discussion

Exams
1. PS-Klausur: Friday, 16.12.2016, 16:00-17:00, Olympiaworld
2.
PS-Klausur: Friday, 27.01.2017, 16:00-17:00, Place will be announced

Rosen, H.S. und T. Gayer, Public Finance, 10th global ed., Maidenhead et al. 2014.

Admission requirements: positive completion of the mandatory courses "Introduction to Management"referred to in § 6 (1-1) and "Introduction to Economics" referred to in § 6 (1-2)

Preliminary discussion in the first VO-lecture

03.10.2016
Group 0
Date Time Location
Thu 2016-10-13
16.00 - 17.45 SR 1 (Sowi) SR 1 (Sowi) Barrier-free
Thu 2016-11-10
16.00 - 17.45 UR 1 (Sowi) UR 1 (Sowi) Barrier-free
Thu 2016-11-24
16.00 - 17.45 UR 1 (Sowi) UR 1 (Sowi) Barrier-free
Thu 2016-12-15
16.00 - 17.45 SR 1 (Sowi) SR 1 (Sowi) Barrier-free
Thu 2017-01-12
16.00 - 17.45 SR 1 (Sowi) SR 1 (Sowi) Barrier-free
Thu 2017-01-19
16.00 - 17.45 SR 1 (Sowi) SR 1 (Sowi) Barrier-free