Text: Rosen and Gayer, Public Finance, 8th Edition (Rosen 7th Edition Assignments)
Reserve Reading: (Undergraduate library) Slemrod and Bakija, Taxing Ourselves, 3rd edition
Course Outline:
I. Introduction and Review
Overview, Chs. 1 & 2.
Ch. 3. (pp. 45-48 only)
Appendix (pp. 558-560)
More Background and Review, pp. 539-557 (review as needed)
II. Market Failure
Public Goods, Ch 4.
Externalities, Ch. 5.
III. Decisionmaking in the Public Sector
Public Choice, Ch. 6.
Cost Benefit Analysis, Ch. 8.
IV. Expenditure Issues
Education, Ch. 7
Transfer Programs, Chs. 12-13 and 9-11.
V. Principles of Taxation
Chs. 14-16.
VI. Analysis of Major Taxes
Individual Income Tax, Chs. 17 & 18. (Slemrod and Bakija)
Corporate Taxation, Ch. 19.
Consumption and Wealth Taxes, Ch. 21 and Ch. 22 (pp. 521-528 only)