Undergraduate, Postgraduate - UnitECC4830 - Welfare economics

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Level	Undergraduate, Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational Unit	Department of Economics
Offered	Not offered in 2013
Coordinator(s)	Professor Yew-Kwang Ng

Synopsis

A study of theories in welfare economics, including conditions for Pareto optimality, welfare criteria, social choice, consumer surpluses, second versus third best, externalities and public goods as well as problems of applying these theories to such areas as public utility pricing, optimal taxation, road congestion, environmental protection, and public spending.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

understand the welfare economic foundation of public policies
analyse the pros and cons, costs and benefits of economic measures and changes from the perspective of social welfare.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 40%
Examination: 60%

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Yew-Kwang Ng

Contact hours

3 hours per week