ECG9142

Public sector economics

(BUS)

Not offered in 2000

Dr Ram Pillarisetti

6 points + 3 hours per week + Second semester + Gippsland + Prerequisites: ECG9102, ECG9120

Synopsis: Topics include the rationale for government involvement in a market economy; provision of collective goods, public goods and merit goods; problems of market failure; public expenditure evaluation, including public choice theory and consideration of political decision making; the economics of taxation; and the problems of public finance on a federal system of government.

Assessment: Major essay of approximately 4000 words: 40% + 3-hour examination: 60%