Public Finance I

Course Code: 
ECON3016

This course deals with the evolving role of government in a democratic society. It covers market efficiency, market failures, efficiency and equity or fundamentals of welfare economics; public goods an publicly provided private goods, public mechanisms for allocating resources, alternatives for determining public goods expenditures, externalities and the environment and cost-benefit analysis.

Semester: 
Semester 1
Pre-Requisites: 
ECON2000 & ECON2001