ECON 733
Topics in Public Economics
Fall 2023 · C01
Topics
- Module 1.1
- Introduction and Review of Welfare Economics
- Module 1.2
- Efficiency Costs of Taxation
- Module 1.3
- Evaluating the Impact of Income Taxes on Work Decisions
- Module 1.4
- Evaluating the Impact of Income Taxes on Reported Income
- Module 1.5
- Distributional Impact of Taxes (Tax Incidence)
- Fall Break
- No classes
- Module 1.6
- Other Behavioural Responses & Tax Compliance
- Module 2.1
- Asymmetric Information, Moral Hazard and Social Insurance: Health Insurance (Part 1)
- Module 2.2
- Asymmetric Information, Moral Hazard and Social Insurance: Health Insurance (Part 2)
- Module 2.3
- Asymmetric Information, Moral Hazard and Social Insurance: Unemployment Insurance (Part 1)
- Module 2.4
- Asymmetric Information, Moral Hazard and Social Insurance: Unemployment Insurance (Part 2)
- Module 2.5
- Externalities (Part 1)
- Module 2.6
- Externalities (Part 2)
- Extra Week
Readings
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- Campus Store reading list ↗Winter 2026
- Course outline / syllabus ↗Fall 2023
- Some readings or course materials are supplied through Avenue to Learn; public bibliographic details may be incomplete.