ECON311
Public Economics
Economics
BC
Subject code
ECON
Course Number
311
Department(s)
Instructor(s)
J. Kurzfeld
Course Long Title
Public Economics
Description
An analysis of basic issues in the field of public finance. The course covers a wide range of topics, including the welfare implications of expenditure and taxation policies of governments, the economic rationale of governmental provision of goods and services, fiscal institutions in the United States, efficiency and distributive aspects of taxation, effects of taxation on household and firm behavior, intergovernmental fiscal relations, and the public debt. Prerequisite(s): ECON 255 and 260.
Modes of Inquiry
Historical and Social Inquiry [HS], Quantitative and Formal Reasoning [QF]
Writing Credit
No writing credit
Class Restriction
Exclude First Years