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The text for this course is: Amazon logo Gruber, Jonathan. Public Finance and Public Policy. New York, NY: Worth Publishers, 2005. ISBN: 0716786559.
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1Why Study Public Finance?Gruber, Chapter 1
2Externalities in Theory and PracticeGruber, Chapters 5-6
3Public Goods in Theory and Practice: Basic Theory, Optimality and PricingGruber, Chapter 7
4Public Goods in Theory and Practice: Cost/Benefit AnalysisGruber, Chapter 8
5Public Goods in Theory and Practice: Political EconomyGruber, Chapter 9
6Public Goods in Theory and Practice: Local Public Goods and Fiscal FederalismGruber, Chapter 10
7Public Goods in Theory and Practice: Public Provision of Private Goods: EducationGruber, Chapter 11
8Social Insurance and Redistribution: OverviewGruber, Chapter 12
9Social Insurance and Redistribution: Social SecurityGruber, Chapter 13
10Social Insurance and Redistribution: Unemployment Insurance, Disability Insurance and Workers' CompensationGruber, Chapter 14
11Social Insurance and Redistribution: Health InsuranceGruber, Chapters 15-16
12Social Insurance and Redistribution: Redistribution and Welfare PolicyGruber, Chapter 17
13The Institutions and Theory of TaxationGruber, Chapters 18-20
14Taxation and Individual Behavior: Taxation and Labor SupplyGruber, Chapter 21
15Taxation and Individual Behavior: Taxation and SavingsGruber, Chapter 22
16Taxation and Individual Behavior: Taxation, Risk Taking and WealthGruber, Chapter 23
17Corporate TaxationGruber, Chapter 24
18Tax ReformGruber, Chapter 25

 








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