The aim of this course is to analyse the main reasons why the State should have an economic role, both from a normative and a positive point of view. The main topics covered by the course are the fundamentals of welfare economics, market failures, voting mechanisms, fiscal policies, social welfare programmes and fiscal federalism.
Balestrino, A., Galli, E., Spataro L. (2023), Scienza delle finanze, UTET.
Slides available on Moodle.
Learning Objectives
Acquired competencies at the end of the course. To be able to read and to interpret texts on public economics. To be able to interpret real economic phenomena related to the public sector by using the most important theoretical public economics models. To be able to analyse economic phenomena referred to public policies both from a normative and a positive point of view.
Prerequisites
Students must have passed the exams on Microeconomics and Macroeconomics.
Teaching Methods
Lectures and problem sets solving.
Type of Assessment
Public Finance 9 CFU: Written exam with exercises and open questions.
Public Economics 6 CFU: Oral exam.
Course program
Public Finance 9 CFU (Corso di Laurea triennale in Economia e commercio)
Corso di Laurea triennale in Economia e commercio
• All book by Balestrino, A., Galli, E., Spataro L. (2023), Scienza delle finanze, UTET.
• Slides available on Moodle.
Public Economics 6 CFU (Corso di laurea triennale in Scienze dei servizi giuridici e Corso di Laurea magistrale a ciclo unico in Giurisprudenza)
• Balestrino, A., Galli, E., Spataro L. (2023), Scienza delle finanze, UTET: Part I: all chapters (except sections with * and appendices); Part II: ch. 1; Part III: all chapters; Part IV: ch 1, ch. 3: sec. IV.3.1 and IV.3.2, ch. 4.
• Slides available on Moodle.