Course description

2. Syllabus

1 Introduction: the goals of government intervention (Ch 1)

 

2 Redistribution and Fairness

2-1 Utility-based fairness criteria (Ch 2)

2-2 Preference-based fairness criteria (Thomson)

 

3 Externalities and Public Goods

3-1 Externalities  (Ch 5-6)

3-2 Public Goods (Ch 7)

3-3 Mixed Goods (Ch 11)

3-4 Collective decision-making (Ch 9)

 

4 Social Insurance

4-1 Benefits and Costs of Insurance (Ch 12)

4-2 Social Security (Ch 13)

4-3 Unemployment Insurance and Poverty-Alleviation Programs (Ch 14, 17)

4-4 Health Insurance (Ch 15)

 

5 Taxation

5-1 Equity implications of taxation (Ch 19)

5-2 Efficiency implications of taxation (Ch 20)