Syllabus

Title
2305 Specialization: Public Sector Economics
Instructors
Dr. Simon Loretz, Univ.Prof. Dr. Rupert Sausgruber
Contact details
Type
PI
Weekly hours
3
Language of instruction
Englisch
Registration
09/14/20 to 09/20/20
Registration via LPIS
Notes to the course
Subject(s) Master Programs
Dates
Day Date Time Room
Monday 10/05/20 09:00 AM - 12:00 PM TC.4.01
Monday 10/12/20 09:00 AM - 12:00 PM TC.3.21
Monday 10/19/20 09:00 AM - 12:00 PM TC.3.21
Monday 11/02/20 09:00 AM - 12:00 PM TC.3.21
Monday 11/09/20 09:00 AM - 12:00 PM Online-Einheit
Monday 11/16/20 09:00 AM - 12:00 PM Online-Einheit
Monday 11/30/20 09:00 AM - 12:00 PM Online-Einheit
Monday 12/07/20 09:00 AM - 12:00 PM Online-Einheit
Monday 12/14/20 09:00 AM - 12:00 PM Online-Einheit
Monday 12/21/20 09:00 AM - 12:00 PM Online-Einheit
Monday 01/11/21 09:00 AM - 12:00 PM Online-Einheit
Monday 01/18/21 09:00 AM - 12:00 PM Online-Einheit
Procedure for the course when limited activity on campus

rotation mode

Please create access to Microsoft Teams before the first lesson. Microsoft Teams is used flexibly, either at the lecturer's desk in the lecture room (or - if it is not allowed to enter the lecture rooms - in the home office). The screen of the lecturer's desk is shared between the students in the lecture room and those at home. For the students in the lecture room, the lecturer's PC projects onto the whiteboard; students at home need their own laptop (tablet), with which MS-Teams can share the screen. The sound is transmitted from the lecture room via a microphone to the students in the home office.

The course takes place synchronously; it is not intended to record the units for asynchronous use.

If you are not subject to travel restrictions, attendance is mandatory (either in the lecture room or remotely via MS-Teams) on specified dates. Please expect that – most likely – you will have to be present in the lecture room every second meeting. Depending on the Corona situation, the meetings with physical attendance will be announced shortly before the course begins.

This mode is very flexible and the presence in the lecture room can vary between 0% - 100%.

Only if you are subject to travel restrictions can you take part in the course in remote mode.

Contents

This course aims to attract students with an interest for further specialization in the field of public economics. Topics will cover the analysis tax shifting and the empirical measurement of the distribution of the burden for taxes such as the Value Added Tax or Corporate Income Tax. The course will also cover recent research on the behavioral effects of tax provisions. Finally, the course will cover venerable questions in public economics, such as voter turnout and political participation as well as evaluation of redistributive measures of the state.

Learning outcomes

Participants acquire advanced knowledge of modern public economics, together with relevant policy issues currently on the political agenda. In addition, they gain an understanding of the way in which economic analysis using these concepts and models can provide insight into the related policy debates. Successful completion should provide the background necessary to understand current public policy debates as well as more advanced research topics in public economics, with a view to completing a thesis in the field.

Attendance requirements

Attendance is compulsory. Students are required to attend 80% of the total amount of class contact hours.

Teaching/learning method(s)

Lectures, books, articles to be read and discussed in class, homework assignments.

Assessment
  • Mid-term exam 40%
  • Homework assignments 20%
  • Final exam 40%
Recommended previous knowledge and skills

Prior attendance of the course "Public Economics" (Applied Track) is of advantage.

Last edited: 2020-07-27



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