Public Economics

Catalog description

Explores government intervention in markets, particularly with respect to market failures, when the provision of goods and services are inefficiently or inequitably provided by markets alone. Covers policy effects, often focusing on healthcare, labor, poverty, environment, education, and more. This is a starred (*) level course and may be taken for graduate credit by students enrolled in a graduate program. A graduate student enrolled in a starred course numbered below 500 may be required to complete extra work.