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Kaisarova, Valentina P.

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Oreshenkova, Nadezhda

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Delivered at:: Department of Public Administration

Course type:: Compulsory course

When:: 2 year, 4 module

Instructor

Zaostrovtsev, Andrey P.

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Abstract

The course in Public Economics covers basic issues including a role of government in modern market economies, market failures and public goods, public choice, equity-efficiency trade-offs, taxation principles, public expenditure programmes, fiscal federalism. It combines theoretical models with empirical evidence. Objectives and instruments of public policies are demonstrated with examples of voting and rent-seeking, behavior of bureaucracy, models of taxation design, welfare state problems, including healthcare, pension systems and other social endowments.

Bachelor’s Programme 'Public Policy and Analytics'

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Public Economics

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