Public Economics
- Typ: Vorlesung
- Lehrstuhl: Finanzwissenschaft und Public Management (ECON)
- Semester: SS 2023
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Ort:
Kleiner ETI Hörsaal (Geb. 11.10)
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Zeit:
Mittwoch
15:45 - 17:15 Uhr - Dozent:
- SWS: 3
- ECTS: 4,5
- LVNr.: 2600013
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Hinweis:
Sprache: Englisch
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The course Public Economics provides an overview of the fundamental issues in public economics.
Learning goals:
Students are able to:
- critically assess the economic role of the state in a market economy.
- explain and discuss key concepts in public economics, including: public goods; economic externalities; and market failure.
- explain and critically discuss competing theoretical approaches to public economics, including welfare economics and public choice theory.
- explain the theory of bureaucracy according to Weber and critically assess its strengths and weaknesses.
- evaluate the incentives inherent in the bureaucratic model, as well as the more recent introduction of market-oriented incentives associated with public-sector reform.