Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
| Master in management (60 ECTS) | 4 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This course is teached in Sofia (Bulgaria) for students selected by IFAG (Institut de la Francophonie pour l'Administration et la Gestion).
The first part of the course presents the elementary topics of the macroeconomic theory: investment, determination of national income, the multiplier, unemployment and inflation, fiscal and budgetary policies.
The course treats then the main topics of handbooks in Public Finance: aims of the public sector; market failure (public goods, externalities, congestion costs, ...); public choice;public finance and macroeconomic policy; fiscal federalism: decentralization and internationalization of public finance; public firm; cost-benefit analysis; tax analysis (equity and efficiency: optimal sales tax and optimal income tax; tax expenditures; taxes and inflation; tax policy and environment; tax policy and family; selective sales tax; ...).
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The student must be able to: - understand, explain and analyse in a critical perspective the policies of public finance; - have a share in the discussions on the internationalization of budgetary and tax policies.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Ex cathedra presentations. Two written tests, during the course, with exemptions.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Face-to-face. The course is organized in seven or eight days following a schedule fixed by IFAG.
Recommended or required readings
Written notes are distributed to the students.
Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam following the terms and conditions fixed by IFAG.
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Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Professor: B. JURION, Building B31, Room 1/55 - Phone: 04/366.30.47, e-mail: b.jurion@ulg.ac.be
Teaching assistant:
J.DENOMERENGE, Building B31, Room 1/57 - Phone: 04/366.30.42, e-mail: jdenomerenge@ulg.ac.be