2022/2023 KAN-CPOLO1911U Topics in Public Economics
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Topics in Public Economics |
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Language | English |
Course ECTS | 7.5 ECTS |
Type | Mandatory (also offered as elective) |
Level | Full Degree Master |
Duration | One Quarter |
Start time of the course | Fourth Quarter |
Timetable | Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk |
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Study Board for BSc/MSc i International Business and Politics,
MSc
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Last updated on 24-06-2022 |
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Public economics is the economics of collective decision making
and collective
The course will be structured around four themes. Each theme
will be broken
1 Taxation
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This course will involve both elements of
traditional lecturing, as well as class
discussion. Students will be asked to prepare for class by reading assigned texts. |
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Students will be asked to formally participate in
one in-class debate
(in groups). Debates are meant to prepare students for the exam, in which they will be asked to discuss and defend a claim related to one of the course themes. Feedback on the debates will be given in class. |
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Expected literature | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Readings will be provided to students before each lecture. Sources will include: - Lectures on Public Economics, by Joseph Stiglitz and Andrew Atkinson - Economic Analysis, Moral Philosophy, and Public Policy, by Daniel Haus- man and Michael McPherson - Reasons and Persons, by Derek Parfit - Relevant research papers will also be assigned, including: - Weitzman, Martin L. "On modeling and interpreting the economics of catastrophic climate change." The Review of Economics and Statistics 91, no. 1 (2009): 1-19. |