ECG3142

Public sector economics

(BUS)

Not offered in 2000

6 points + 2-hour lecture and 1-hour tutorial per week + Distance, approximately 12 hours per week + First semester + Gippsland + Prerequisites: ECG1102, ECG2120

Synopsis: The role of government in market economy, provision of collective and public goods, market failure, public choice theory, public expenditure, cost-benefit analysis, the economics of taxation and government borrowing and the public debt. The problems of public finance in a federal system of government..

Assessment: Assignment (1500 words): 20% + Essay (2000 words): 30% + Examination (3 hours): 50%