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Public Economics I

4-0-8 units · Graduate

Theory and evidence on government taxation policy. Topics include tax incidence; optimal tax theory; the effect of taxation on labor supply and savings; taxation and corporate behavior; and tax expenditure policy.

Fall 2012

Topics

  • The Efficiency Costs of Taxation
  • General Equilibrium Tax Incidence
  • Married Men
  • Taxation and the Labor Supply of Married Women
  • The Earned Income Tax Credit: Taxes and Labor Supply at Low Incomes
  • Tax Rates and Taxable Income
  • Tax Expenditures
  • Capital Income, Wealth, and Saving Behavior: Stylized Facts and Model Formulation
  • Tax Policy, Rates of Return, and Saving
  • Tax Reform: Income Taxes vs. Consumption Taxes
  • Targeted Tax Subsidies to Saving
  • Taxation of Corporate Capital: Investment Incentives
  • Taxation and Financial Policy: Debt vs. Equity
  • Taxation and Financial Policy: Payout Policy
  • Optimal Commodity Taxes: Ramsey and Beyond
  • Optimal Corrective Taxation
  • Optimal Dynamic Taxes: Intertemporal Ramsey Problem
  • Taxation of Labor Income—Theory
  • The Taxation of Capital Income and New Dynamic Public Finance
  • Dynamic Taxation of Labor Income and Insurance
  • Taxation of Intergenerational Transfers (Estate Taxation)

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Prerequisites & course information

Prereq: 14.04 G (Spring) 4-0-8 units

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