Public Economic Policy Analysis

Catalog description

This course introduces students to advanced theories of taxation and public expenditure. The course will have a heavy focus on modem empirical findings related to these theories. Further, the course will introduce students to Panel Series Econometrics, a common-tool in public policy research as well as Benefit-Cost Analysis. Topics will include tax incidence, the effect of taxation on labor supply and savings, taxation and corporate behavior, and tax expenditure policy, redistribution and welfare policy, social insurance programs such as social security and unemployment insurance, and health care policy.