Public Finance

  • The public sector in a mixed economy: What it was, what it is, and what it ought to be
  • Everyone's guide to the concept of economic efficiency
  • Public expenditures: Types of public expenditures, efficiency issues, incentives, organizations and mechanisms
  • Choosing among tax systems: Fairness, efficiency and other issues
  • Tax incidence
  • Taxes, subsidies and economic efficiency. The problem of targeting subsidies
  • Allocating costs: The Ramsey-rule versus the benefit-principle
  • Understanding the modern approach to privatization and (de)regulation

 

For more details we refer to UniGrazOnline.

Literatur

  • Stiglitz, Joseph E., Public Sector Economics, 3rd ed., New York/London, 2000.

Head of Institute

Univ.-Prof. Dr.

Michael Finus

Universitätsstraße 15/F4
8010 Graz

Phone:+43 316 380 - 3450

Staff

Bianca Watzke, M.A.

Phone:+43 316 380 - 7113

Irene Hye, M.A.

Phone:+43 316 380 - 3448