Economics 849: Public Finance I


Midterm:

Syllabus

Class Lectures Outlines

Week 1: Efficiency

Week 2: Public Goods and the Logic of Collective Action

Week 3: Taxation, Incidence, Efficiency, and Equity

Week 4: Voting, I: The Basics

Week 5: Voting, II: Information and Bargaining

Week 6: Redistribution, Divided Government, Interest Groups, and Rent-Seeking

Week 7: Political Competition and Political Collusion

Week 8: Midterm

Week 9: Voter Motivation and the SIVH

Week 10: Ideology

Week 11: Wittman and Democratic Failure

Week 12: Expressive Voting

Week 13: Ignorance, Irrationality, and Aggregation: Theory and Evidence

Week 14: The Economics of Anarchy

Homeworks

HW#1

HW#2

HW#3

HW#4

HW#5

Answer Keys

HW#1 Answer Key

HW#2 Answer Key

Midterm Answer Key (2001)

Midterm Answer Key (2002)

Midterm Answer Key (2003)

Midterm Answer Key (2004)

Midterm Answer Key (2005)

Midterm Answer Key (2006)

Final Exam (2001)

Final Exam (2002)

Final Exam (2003)

Final Exam (2004)

Final Exam (2005)

Final Exam (2006)

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