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LEC # TOPICS
1 Why Study Public Finance?
2 Externalities in Theory and Practice
3 Public Goods in Theory and Practice: Basic Theory, Optimality and Pricing
4 Public Goods in Theory and Practice: Cost/Benefit Analysis
5 Public Goods in Theory and Practice: Political Economy
6 Public Goods in Theory and Practice: Local Public Goods and Fiscal Federalism
7 Public Goods in Theory and Practice: Public Provision of Private Goods: Education
8 Social Insurance and Redistribution: Overview
9 Social Insurance and Redistribution: Social Security
10 Social Insurance and Redistribution: Unemployment Insurance, Disability Insurance and Workers' Compensation
11 Social Insurance and Redistribution: Health Insurance
12 Social Insurance and Redistribution: Redistribution and Welfare Policy
13 The Institutions and Theory of Taxation
14 Taxation and Individual Behavior: Taxation and Labor Supply
15 Taxation and Individual Behavior: Taxation and Savings
16 Taxation and Individual Behavior: Taxation, Risk Taking and Wealth
17 Corporate Taxation
18 Tax Reform