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Course details

Public Economics (ECNM10004)

Subject Area

Economics

Pre-requisites

Visiting students should usually have at least 3 Economics courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this) for entry to this course.This MUST INCLUDE courses in both Macroeconomics and Microeconomics.We will only consider University/College level courses.

Credits

Course level

SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate)

Course description

In this course we will develop the tools necessary to evaluate the economic rationale, objectives, and consequences of government intervention in the market economy.We will focus on the spending and taxing activities of the government and their influence on resource allocation and the distribution of income.We will examine theoretical and empirical issues.We will also survey institutional details of existing policies.

Timetable

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Course delivered by

College of Humanities and Social Science
School of Economics

This article was published on Feb 24, 2012