Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: Economics

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group II

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): ECON 211

Description: PUBLIC EXPENDITURE THEORY AND SOCIAL INSURANCE ***** DISTRIBUTION COURSE GROUP 2 ***** Public goods theory including non-rival and congestible public facilities, theory of local public goods including the economics of education. The problem of preference revelation and the fundamentals of benefit-cost analysis. Analysis of the effects of social security, old age retirement, and the role of government in financing healthcare - Medicare and Medicaid. Not offered every year. ***** Prerequisites: ECON 211.