Principles of Economic Policy

Understanding of potentials and limits of policy intervention
knowledge of different fields of economic policy and its mechanisms.

 

  • theoretical arguments for public intervention
  • forms of market failure
  • forms of failure of public intervention
  • objectives, targets and instruments of public policy
  • policy fields: business cycle policy, growth policy, technology policy, regional policy, labour market policy ...
  • contemporary problems and questions of policy

 

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Literature

  • Klump, R., Wirtschaftspolitik. Instrumente, Ziele und Institutionen, Pearson Studium, München 2006.
  • Rurther literature will be announced in the course.

Head of Institute

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