Legacy Course Catalog
ECON 622 - Public Economics I
| Effectivity: | 01/08/2007 - Fall 2007 *** @ Purdue West Lafayette Traditional |
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| Credits: | 3 |
| Instructional Types: | Lec |
| Usually Offered: | fal spr |
| Short Title: | Public Economics I |
| Description: | An introduction to public economics, with emphasis on the literature concerning taxation. Topics include: social welfare concepts and measurement, project evaluation, review of the elementary theory of externalities and public goods, commodity taxation, poll taxes versus commodity taxation, full Pareto efficiency versus second best, income taxation and incentives, optimal income taxation, policy reform risk (social versus private risk), household taxation under uncertainty, corporate taxation, and fiscal federalism. Students will prepare brief report/presentations on policy areas of interest. Prerequisite: ECON 60700. |
| School: | School Of Management |
| Department: | School Of Management - Adm & Instr |
| Credit By Exam: | NO |
| Repeatable Flag: | NO |
| Temporary Flag: | NO |
| Full Time Privilege Flag: | NO |
| Honors Flag: | NO |
| Variable Title Flag: | NO |
Fall 2007 *** indicates the course was still an active course and was transferred to the Banner Catalog effective Spring 2008. This course was not expired Fall 2007.
