-1) Introduction to the study of Public Economics
Recorded lesson: 1
Gruber, J. Public Finance and Public Policy, Macmillan, fifth edition 2016, chapters 1.1 and 1.2 and
9.4
2) Equilibrium and social welfare
Recorded lesson: 2
Gruber, J. Public Finance and Public Policy, Macmillan, fifth edition 2016, chapter 2
Course Syllabus
Course: Public Economics
Appointed Professor: Prof. Antonio Di Majo
Tutor: Dr. Lorenzo Dorato
Degree: Economics
Course: Public Economics
3) State budget and budgetary institutions
Recorded lesson: 3
Gruber, J. Public Finance and Public Policy, Macmillan, fifth edition 2016, chapter 4
4) Natural monopoly
Recorded lesson: 4
Train, K. Optimal Regulation, Introduction: The Economic Rationale and Task of Regulation, MIT
Press, 1991. Downloadable online at http://eml.berkeley.edu/books/regulation.html
5) Externalities
Recorded lessons: 5 and 6
Gruber, J. Public Finance and Public Policy, Macmillan, fifth edition 2016, chapters 5 and 6
6) Public goods
Recorded lessons: 7 and 8
Gruber, J. Public Finance and Public Policy, Macmillan, fifth edition 2016, chapter 7
7) Fiscal decentralisation
Gruber, J. Public Finance and Public Policy, Macmillan, fifth edition 2016, chapter 10
Recorded lesson: 9
8) Introduction to the economics of welfare state
Gruber, J. Public Finance and Public Policy, Macmillan, fifth edition 2016, chapters 1.2; 1.3; 17.1,
17.2
Recorded lesson: 10
1) Taxation: general definitions
Gruber, J. Public Finance and Public Policy, Macmillan, fifth edition 2016, chapter 18
Recorded lessons 1
2) Economic impacts: tax incidence
Gruber, J. Public Finance and Public Policy, Macmillan, fifth edition 2016, chapter 19
Recorded lessons 2, 3, 4
3) Economic impacts: Tax inefficiencies
Gruber, J. Public Finance and Public Policy, Macmillan, fifth edition 2016, chapter 20
Recorded lessons 5,6,7
4) Taxing labour supply
Gruber, J. Public Finance and Public Policy, Macmillan, fifth edition 2016, chapter 21
Recorded lesson: 8,9
5\) Taxes and savings.
Gruber, J. Public Finance and Public Policy, Macmillan, fifth edition 2016, chapter 22
Recorded lesson: 10