ECN 332, 333 - Public Finance

Course unit(s): 1
Meets GAR: Meets general academic requirement W when offered as 333.
Prerequisite(s): ECN 220, 221 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory .
Analysis of government’s role in a mixed economy. Principles of government expenditure and taxation and structure of the U.S. tax system, with emphasis on tax incidence and the effect of tax and spending policies on economic efficiency. The effects of the public debt and deficit are analyzed.