Public Microeconomics

Course Tutors

Ian Preston, Donald Verry (Economics Department)

About this course

Topics to be covered in this course include:

• taxation and incentives and effects on labour supply and saving;
• optimal commodity taxation;
• optimal linear and non-linear income taxation;
• tax incidence;
• measurement of individual economic welfare, including issues relating to decisions within households, and the costs of children;
• public goods and externalities; economics of local government;
• and cost-benefit analysis.

Assessment

One 3 hour examination.