Undergraduate - UnitECC3810 - Public finance

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational Unit	Department of Economics
Offered	Clayton First semester 2014 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Professor Ranjan Ray

Synopsis

The relationship between the public and private sectors is explored from the perspective of both public finance and political economy. Theories of public expenditure and revenue generation are introduced to assess the proper scope of the public sector. Additionally, theories of public choice are presented to examine the effectiveness and decision-making process of the public sector.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

understand the basic economic concepts and principles applied in the public finance area
analyse specific policy issues in the area of public expenditure and taxation from the perspectives of both traditional public finance and public choice
critically evaluate contemporary public debate on topics in public finance
understand the usefulness and limitations of economic analysis in the public finance area
identify both market failure and government failure and understand the causes of each.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 40%
Examination: 60%

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Ranjan Ray

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 144 hours per semester

Prerequisites

ECC2000 or ECC5900 or ECX9000

Prohibitions

ECC4381