The course of Public Economics belongs to the economics courses for the Global legal studies curriculum of Laurea magistrale in Giurisprudenza. The course is taught in English and provides an introduction to the economic analysis of State interventions in market economies. The course aims to provide the students with 1) an understanding of justifications and effects of State interventions in the economic systems, with reference to both efficiency and equity; 2) an understanding of the main issues concerning market failures: natural monopoly, asymmetric information, external effects, public goods; 3) an understanding of the main aspects concerning government budget formation and the main problems regarding deficit spending and public debt.
scheda docente materiale didattico
Musgrave, R.A and P.B. Musgrave, Public Finance in Theory and Practice, Fifth Edition, McGraw-Hill, 1989
Cullis, J. and P. Jones, Public Finance and Public Choice, Third Edition, Oxford University Press, 2009
Programma
Il corso si svolge interamente in lingua inglese. Consultare il programma in lingua inglese cliccando sull'icona con la Union Jack in alto.Testi Adottati
Rosen, H.S. and T. Gayer, Public Finance, Global Edition, McGraw-Hill Education, 2014Musgrave, R.A and P.B. Musgrave, Public Finance in Theory and Practice, Fifth Edition, McGraw-Hill, 1989
Cullis, J. and P. Jones, Public Finance and Public Choice, Third Edition, Oxford University Press, 2009
Bibliografia Di Riferimento
Testi di approfondimento: Cinyabuguma, M., Talbot, P., and Putterman, L., Cooperation under the threat of expulsion in a public goods experiment, Journal of Public Economics, vol. 89(8), pp. 1421-1435, 2005. Medema, S., The Coase theorem at Sixty, Journal of Economic Literature, vol. 58(4), pp. 1045-1128, 2020. Musgrave, R.A., The nature of horizontal equity and the principle of broad-based taxation: a friendly critique, in Public Finance in a Democratic Society vol. II, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2000. Musgrave, R.A., Social contract, taxation, and the standing of deadweight loss, in Public Finance in a Democratic Society vol. II, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2000. Testi resi disponibili da rete di ateneo sulla pagina Moodle del corsoModalità Erogazione
Lezioni frontaliModalità Valutazione
Il corso e la valutazione sono svolte in lingua inglese.